 Lowe left Rice with a degree in electrical engineering and was assigned to the General Electric Company (GE)'s training facility at Schenectady, New York.GE had formed an Air Conditioning Department at Bloomfield, New Jersey in 1932, and Lowe was transferred there after completing training at Schenectady.The management put him to work at selling and overseeing the installation of large commercial units in the region just south of the Great Lakes.