Background
Messler, Eugene Lawrence was born on April 6, 1873 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas D. and Maria R. (Varick) Messler.
Messler, Eugene Lawrence was born on April 6, 1873 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas D. and Maria R. (Varick) Messler.
B.Ph., Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1894.
Began as pattern maker and moulder, Edgar Thompson Works of Carnegie Steel Company. Successively civil engineer, general superintendent labor and transportation and assistant blast furnace superintendent, Duquesne Works, Carnegie Steel Company, Pennsylvania, 1895-1899. Superintendent and general superintendent Eliza Furnaces, Coke Works, Jones &Laughlin Steel Company, 1899-1911.
Assistant to president Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company, 1912-1915.
Vice-president and general manager Witherow Steel Company, 1916-1918. Also president Eureka Fire Brick Works.
Director Pittsburgh, Fisher Scientific Company Commissioned captain engineers, May 20, 1918. Commanding Company G., 21st Engineers, 1st Army American Expeditionary Force, September 1918-May 1919.
Participated in Saint Mihiel, defensive sector and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
Lieutenant colonel Engineer Reserves, to 1938, now inactive due to age limit.
Member American Iron and Steel Institute, American Institute Mechanical Engineering, American Refractories Institute, American Society Military Engineers, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Engineering Society Western Pennsylvania, British Iron and Steel Institute, Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion, Reserve Officers Association. Clubs: Yale (New York).
Married Elizabeth V. Long, December 31, 1898. Children: Thomas Doctorate., East. Lawrence.