Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1862, Mar. 5 | Born, Bradford, Pa. |
1885 | Graduated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
1888 | Appointed assistant hydraulic engineer, U.S. Geological Survey |
1890 | Married Effie Josephine Mackintosh |
1902 | Appointed chief engineer, U.S. Geological Survey; became head of newly created U.S. Reclamation Service in the Department of the Interior |
1907 | Appointed member of Inland Waterways Commission |
1915 | Dismissed from U.S. Reclamation Service by Interior Secretary Frederick K. Lane |
1932, July 5 | Died |