Background
He was born on February 9, 1861, in Decatur, Illinois and received his Civil Engineering degree from George Washington University in 1888.
He was born on February 9, 1861, in Decatur, Illinois and received his Civil Engineering degree from George Washington University in 1888.
Graduated from State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas. Bachelor of Science, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1888, Doctor of Science, 1917. Doctor of Engineering, Iowa State College, 1920.
Topographer United States Geological Survey, 1884-1894, conducting surveys and explorations in Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Hydrographer in charge of all government stream measurements, 1895-1897. Hydrographer in charge hydrographic examination of Nicaragua and Panama canal routes, 1898-1901.
Chief engineer, United States Reclamation Service, 1906-1914, director same, 1914-1923.
Consulting engineer, Panama Canal, 1909. Examined and reported on irrigation in Puerto Rico, 1909.
In Turkestan, 1911. Member of the board of engineers reporting on flood control in China, 1914.
Construction engineering on many high dams. Member joint conference on standard specifications for Portland cement, 5 years.
Technical adviser to the United States on Pecuniary Claims Arbitration, London, 1923. Chief engineer and general manager East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, California, 1923-1929.
Built large reservoir on Mokelumne River, aqueduct and tunnels, 95 miles long, now delivering mountain water to Oakland, San Francisco and eight other cities around San Francisco Bay.
Chief construction engineering for irrigation projects in Turkestan and Transcaucasia 2 years.
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Member of the board of engineers reporting on flood control in China, 1914. Member joint conference on standard specifications for Portland cement, 5 years. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Washington Society Engineers (president 1907.
Member 1923).
Married Elizabeth Brown, June 20, 1888 (died April. Married second, Marie MacNaughton, June 19, 1920. Children: Mistress Rena Peck, Mistress Florence Eslin, Mistress Dorothy Smith, Mistress Elizabeth Smith.