PROFESSOR GIVEN HIGH HONOR

The Bessemer Gold Medal for 1924, "in recognition of eminent services in the advancement of the Science of the Metallurgy of Iron and Steel," has been awarded to Professor Albert Sauveur, professor of metallurgy and metallography in the University, it was announced yesterday. The medal, which is the highest award available in the field of steel metallurgy, has not been awarded to an American metallurgist for 29 years.

The Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain is the donor of the Bessemer Medal; it will be presented to Professor Sauveur at the meeting of the Institute in May.