Background
Mcconnell, Ira Welch was born on October 17, 1871 in Schell City, Missouri, United States. Son of James Calvin and Cecelia Elizabeth (Welch) M.
Mcconnell, Ira Welch was born on October 17, 1871 in Schell City, Missouri, United States. Son of James Calvin and Cecelia Elizabeth (Welch) M.
Civil Engineer, Cornell Univercity, 1897.
Instructor civil engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1899-1900. Contractor’s superintendent, Chicago and New Orleans, 1901-1903. Professor civil engineering, Missouri School of Mines, Rolla, 1903.
Project engineer, 1903-1907, supervising engineer, 1907-1909, United States Reclamation Service.
Chief irrigation engineer, J. G. White & Company, Incorporated, New York York, 1909-1910. Vice-president and general manager Idaho Irrigation Limited company, 1910-1912.
Hydraulic engineer, 1912-1917, chief engineer, 1917, Stone & Webster, division of construction and engineering. Assistant general manager, American International Shipbldg.
Corporation, Hog Island Shipyard, 1918.
Vice president United Engineers & Constructors, Incorporated. (Philadelphia), Dwight P. Robinson & Company, Incorporated, New York New New York
Mason, Elk.
Married Grace Lucille Bowerman, September 22, 1903. Children: John Waldo, Charles Edwin.