What did C.F. Burgess do after leaving UW?
He had a very productive industrial career, starting with the founding of the Burgess Battery Company; later he started up a half-dozen other companies. He received honorary doctorates from UW and from Illinois Institute of Technology, the Acheson Medal from the Electrochemical Society, and the Perkin Medal. He was also elected to the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1929.
