Background
Yager, Louis was born on July 12, 1877 in Germantown, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frederick R. and Mary (Eberlein) Yager.
Yager, Louis was born on July 12, 1877 in Germantown, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frederick R. and Mary (Eberlein) Yager.
Graduated from the high school, Preston, Minnesota, 1895. Civil Engineer, University of Minnesota, 1900.
Rodman and inspector North.P. Railway, 1900, assistant engineer on construction, 1901-1902, supervisor bridges and buildings, at Minneapolis, 1902-1907, assistant engineer, Saint Louis Bay Bridge reconstruction, Duluth, and construction Glendive (Montana) East Lincolnshire, 1907-1910, division engineer, Saint Paul, 1910-1917, engineer maintenance of way, Saint Paul, 1917-1919. Chief maintenance of way engineer, United States Railroad Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919-1920. Engineer, maintenance of way, North.P. Railway, Saint Paul, 1920-1922, assistant chief engineer since 1922.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Railway Engineers Association (president 1929). Mason (32 degree).; Club: Saint Paul Athletic.
Married Hester Elizabeth Whiteley, of Brainerd, Minnesota, August 14, 1902.