Background
Pennell, Walter Otis was born on January 13, 1875 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Robert Franklin and Martha Morgan (Otis) Pennell.
Pennell, Walter Otis was born on January 13, 1875 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Robert Franklin and Martha Morgan (Otis) Pennell.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1896.
1 daughter, Martha. Teacher electrical engineering Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, 1896-1898. Assistant engineer Bell Telephone Сompany of Philadelphia, 1898-1902. Engineer American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Boston, 1902-1903.
Chief engineer Missouri & Kansas Telephone Сompany, Kansas City, Missoury, 1903-1912.
Building and equipment engineer, 1912-1916, acting chief engineer, 1916-1917, chief engineer, 1918-1936, Southwestern Bell Telephone System, Saint Louis. Retired, 1936. Planned and supervised erection of telephone plants in many states of the Union.
Originator of several patents of widely-used telephone devices.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) House of Representatives, 1939-1940. Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering. Member Mathematics Association America, Order Founders and Patriots of America, New Hampshire (U.S.) Seacoast Regional Development Association (director).
Club: Exeter Country.
Married Sarah M. Corson, of Philadelphia, June 8, 1903. Married second, Elizabeth H. Kimball, of Exeter, New Hampshire (U.S.), July 11, 1936. Children: Dorothy, Ford.