Background
Woolson, Ira Harvey was born on August 11, 1856 in Lewiston, New York, United States. Son of Charles and Jane Ann (Yerington) Sharp Woolson.
Woolson, Ira Harvey was born on August 11, 1856 in Lewiston, New York, United States. Son of Charles and Jane Ann (Yerington) Sharp Woolson.
Engineer of Mines, Columbia, 1885.
Assistant in assaying and drawing, 1886-1890, instructor mechanic engineering, 1891-1903, Adjunct Professor, 1903-1908, Adjunct Professor civil engineering, 1908-1910, Columbia University. Official investigator of building materials, New York City, 1900-1910. Official delegate from North Carolina City to International Fire Prevention Congress, London, 1903.
Consulting engineer National Board of Fire Underwriters, since 1910.
Advisory engineer to building materials division, War Industries Board, 1918-1919. Chairman Building Code Committee of unites states department Commerce, since 1921.
Progressive.
Married Anita Mason, May 27, 1893.