Background
Ryan, Harris Joseph was born on January 8, 1866 in Powell’s Valley, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles W. and Louisa (Collier) Ryan.
Ryan, Harris Joseph was born on January 8, 1866 in Powell’s Valley, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles W. and Louisa (Collier) Ryan.
Baltimore City College, 1880-1881. Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1881-1883. Mechanical Engineering, Sibley College (Cornell Univercity), 1887.
Instructor physics, 1888-1889, professor electrical engineering, 1889-1905, Cornell. Professor electrical engineering, Leland Stanford Junior U. (now Stanford University), 1905-1931, professor emeritus, since 1931, also honorary director Harris J. Ryan High Voltage Laboratory, Stanford University Consultant engineer Los Angeles Aqueduct Power Bureau, 1909-1924.
Member Jury of Awards, department electricity, Chicago Exposition, 1893. Member jury, Panama-Philippine Islands Exposition, 1915. Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (vice president, 1896-1898.
Married Katharine East. Fortenbaugh, September 12, 1888.