, ▁Mih aj lo ▁P up in , ▁Ba ek eland , ▁and ▁others . ▁These ▁men ▁were ▁concerned ▁with ▁pat ent ▁law , ▁sometimes ▁crit ically . ▁M ers hon ▁was ▁made ▁a ▁Life ▁Member ▁of ▁the ▁Engine ers ▁Club ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁ ▁M ers hon ▁was ▁president ▁of ▁A IE E ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁He ▁is ▁quoted ▁making ▁the ▁w ry ▁observation ▁that ▁such ▁posts ▁went ▁to ▁men ▁whose ▁" ch ief ▁claim ▁to ▁fame ▁arise ▁from ▁activities ▁in ▁fields ▁other ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁as ▁defined ▁by ▁the ▁Institute ' s ▁constitution ." ▁ ▁M ers hon ▁had ▁many ▁pat ents ▁for ▁invent ions ▁he ▁de vised . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁celebrated ▁was ▁a ▁compens ating ▁volt meter ▁that ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁John ▁Scott ▁Medal ▁by ▁Philadelphia . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁M ers hon ▁advoc ated ▁for ▁the ▁" Oh io ▁Plan " ▁of ▁military ▁prepared ness ▁on ▁camp uses ▁that ▁is ▁emb od ied ▁in ▁the ▁R OT C . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁Tu ft s ▁College ▁awarded ▁him ▁an ▁honor ary ▁Doctor ▁of ▁Science . ▁ ▁M ers hon ▁became ▁a ▁master ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁building ▁capac itors , ▁an ▁important ▁element ▁not ▁only ▁of ▁power ▁systems ▁but ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁electron ics ▁of ▁radio . ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁he ▁was ▁granted ▁ 5 5