Background
Megraw, Herbert Ashton was born on April 28, 1876 in Baltimore. Son of John Milton and Ellen Maria (Ryan) Megraw.
Megraw, Herbert Ashton was born on April 28, 1876 in Baltimore. Son of John Milton and Ellen Maria (Ryan) Megraw.
Graduate Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1894. Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1898.
Assayer, 1899-1901, mill superintendent and metallurgist, 1901-1903, Guanajuato Consolidated Mining & Milling Company. Staff engineer Charles Butters & Company, London, 1903. Metallurgical engineer, Iola Mining Company, 1904.
Manager Montgomery Mining Company, 1905-1908.
Superintendent Naval Milling Company, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1908-1912. Consulting metallurgical engineer, Mexico City, 1912.
On editorial staff Engineering and Mining Journal. 1912-1917. manager same.
1917-1918; engineer bureau of Aircraft Production, Air Service, United States Army, Dayton, O., and Washington, 1918-1919.
Engineer Kennedy-Van Saun Manufacturing & Engineering Corporation, New York, 1919-1922. Vice-president and treasurer Crown Oil & Wax Company and North Carolina Oil Corporation, Baltimore, 1922-1926. Vice-president and general manager Corchera International, Seville, Spain, 1926-1935, now practicing as construction engineering.
Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Phi Sigma Kappa. Clubs: Engineers, Tablada.
Married Mary Bollman French, October 18, 1905.