Background
Drager, Walter Louis was born on February 23, 1886 in Hamilton, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Lesa P. (Winters) Drager.
Drager, Walter Louis was born on February 23, 1886 in Hamilton, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Lesa P. (Winters) Drager.
Student of University California, 1905-1906, Cornell Univercity, 1906-1909.
Assistant city engineer, Auburn, New York, 1909-1910. Assistant to construction engineering Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1910-1911. Assistant city engineer, Schenectady, New York, 1912-1913.
Assistant to construction engineer Grand Valley Dam, United States Reclamation Service, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1914-1915.
Assistant engineer Public Utilities Commision on Denver water supply investigation, 1915-1916. Assistant engineer in charge investigations for Castle Peak Project, Utah Reconnaissance, United States Reclamation Service, 1917-1920.
Office engineer United States Reclamation Service, Denver, 1920-1922. Engineer Bear River division Salt Lake Basin Invesgitations, Utah, 1922-1926.
Resident engineer J. G. White Company, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1926-1929.
Field engineer Stevens & Wood, Incorporated., 1929-1931. Assistant division engineer New Jersey State Water Policy Commission, Trenton, 1931-1932. Engineer and acting chief engineer Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1932-1937, chief engineer same and Defense Plant Corporation, 1937-1947, retired 1947.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Theta Xi.
Married Alice East. Sickly, February 29, 1908. Children: Carl (deceased), Donald G., Susan Winters (Mistress Kenneth K. Lawshe), Alice Anne (Mistress Macon J. Fussell).