dinner to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the cemetery. Vale mapping project In late 2006, interest in mapping the cemetery was indicated by several people connected with the cemetery. They developed the Vale mapping project. The project started in spring 2007, using GPS and techniques used in England and Scotland to locate each grave. The group intends to map all the graves and document them, to establish a full record before there is further damage or deterioration of many of the historic memorials. Gallery Notable burials The information on notable burials has been extracted and précised from Katherine Olney Delain's Biographies of Notables at Vale Cemetery (2005). Engineers and scientists Ernst Alexanderson — came to the United States in 1901 to meet electrical wizard Charles Steinmetz. Developed the Alexanderson alternator, the first radio transmitter used to broadcast the human voice. Dr. Alexanderson was also instrumental in the development of television. Over his lifetime, Dr. Alexanderson received 344 patents, the last awarded in 1973 at age 94. Ellis Family — The father and two sons were presidents of Schenectady Locomotive Works, later to become American Locomotive Company. Ernst Julius Berg (1871–1941) — mathematician and electro-physicist. A pioneer of radio, he produced the first two-way radio voice program in the United States. Clute Brothers — produced the gun turret motors for the first ironclad ship, the USS Monitor. William D. Coolidge (1873–1975) — inventor of the modern X-ray tube, head of General Electric Development Center. He also developed the sodium vapor lamp and was holder of 83 patents. Philip Dodge — inventor of the Linotype machine Henry Ramsey — N.Y.S. engineer and surveyor in the 1830s, worked on the Erie Canal Christian Steenstrup (1873–1955) — born in Denmark emigrated to the US in 1894. Designed the Monitor Top Refrigerator while at General Electric, held over 100 patents. Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923), — mathematician, inventor, and electrical engineer, was a pioneer and considered the leading electrical engineer in the United States during his lifetime. He was also a professor of electrical engineering and electrophysics at Union College, Schenectady. Silas Watson Ford — paleontologist who made some of the most important discoveries of the 19th century about the Cambrian Period. Awarded an honorary master's degree by Union College in 1879. Military James S. Casey (1833–1899) — awarded Medal of Honor for action on 8 January 1877 at Wolf Mountain, Montana during the Battle of