Background
Washburn, Frank Sherman was born on December 8, 1860 in Centralia, Illinois, United States. Son of Elmer and Elizabeth Jane (Knight) Washburn.
Washburn, Frank Sherman was born on December 8, 1860 in Centralia, Illinois, United States. Son of Elmer and Elizabeth Jane (Knight) Washburn.
Civil Engineer, Cornell, 1883; post-graduate work in history and political science, 1885.
Engineer of bridges, C.&North.W. Railroad, 1885-1888. Superintendent and manager Union Stock Yard & Transit Company, Chicago, 1889. Contracting and construction engineering at New York City, 1890-1900.
Southern enterprises, 1900-1910.
President American Cyanamid Company, chemicals (New York), Air Nitrates Corporation (New York), Goodham Manufacturing Company (Chicago). In charge engineering, construction and operation of 3 government plants for converting air into nitrates, during World War I.
Married Irene May Russell, December 3, 1890.