Background
Arn, William Godfrey was born on February 7, 1877 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Godfrey and Elizabeth (Van Brunt) Arn.
Arn, William Godfrey was born on February 7, 1877 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Godfrey and Elizabeth (Van Brunt) Arn.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1897. Unmarried.
With L. & North. Railroad Company, 1897-1906, as rodman, masonry inspector, building inspector, assistant engineer and roadmaster. Engineer and superintendent Southern Bitulithic Company, Nashville, Tennessee, 1906. With I.C.R.R. Company, 1907-1917, and since 1919 as assistant division engineer, assistant engineer, roadmaster, assistant engineer maintenance of way and assistant chief engineer, Chicago Terminal Improvement.
Served in the United States Army, May 8, 1917-June 1, 1919. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Railway Engineering Association, Western Society Engineers, Society American Military Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Legion, Military Order World War, Maintenance of Way. Mason (32 degree, Shriner).
Clubs: University, Engineers’, Prairie, Sojourners, Adventurers’, Cambridge, Lincolnshire Country.