Background
Robie, Edward Hodges was born on November 30, 1886 in Whitney Point, New York, United States. Son of Harry Adams and Alma (Hodges) Robie.
Robie, Edward Hodges was born on November 30, 1886 in Whitney Point, New York, United States. Son of Harry Adams and Alma (Hodges) Robie.
Graduate Western High School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1906. Student Cornell Univercity, 1907-1908. B. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1911.
Water softening work, with Harrison Safety Boiler Works, Philadelphia, 1911-1913. Metallurgical work, Canadian Copper Company and International Nickel Company, Copper Cliff, Ontario, 1913-1919, advancing to assistant metallurgist, with special work in the West, investigating milling and smelting problems. With Engineering and Mining Journal, 1919-1931, acting editor, 1927.
Assistant secretary American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and editor Mining and Metallurgy magazine 1932-1948, secretary, 1949-1955, secretary emeritus, 1955-1956.
Construction engineering, 1956-1958, secretary corrosion research council, 1958-1959, assistant to chairman, 1959-1960.
Member gifts committee United Engineering Center Building Fund, 1958-1960. Member American Institute Mechanics Engineers (secretary), Canadian Institute Mining and Metallurgy, American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.
Club: Mining.
Married Agnes Purcell Parks, October 10, 1914;—children—Robert Hodges, Theodore Parks (deceased), Edward Adams, John Adams (deceased).