Background
McALLISTER, Addams Stratton was born on February 24, 1875 in Covington, Virginia, United States. Son of Abraham Addams and Julia Ellen (Stratton) McAllister.
engineer-physicist Bureau of Standards
McALLISTER, Addams Stratton was born on February 24, 1875 in Covington, Virginia, United States. Son of Abraham Addams and Julia Ellen (Stratton) McAllister.
Bachelor of Science (1st honors), Pennsylvania State College, 1898, Electrical Engineer, 1900. Master of Mechanical Engineering (1st honors), Cornell Univercity, 1901, Doctor of Philosophy, 1905.
Served as electrical engineer with Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, 1898, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, 1899. Assistant in physics, Cornell Univercity, 1901, instructor, 1902-1903, acting assistant professor electrical engineering, 1903-1904. Associate editor Electrical World, 1905-1912, editor, 1912-1915.
Professorial lecturer on electrical engineering, Pennsylvania State College, 1909-1914. Was member Engineering Council’s War Committee of Technology Socs. of the United States Naval Consulting Board. Secretary American Engineering Service of Engineering Council.
Member divisional commission on lighting of commission on labor of advisory commission Council National Defense. Chairman electrical engineering service committee, and board examiners, etc. of America Institute of Elctrical Engineering Became associated with progress section of control bureau, Ordnance Department, Washington, and later head of reports branch of progress section, April 1918. Secretary board of army ordnance officers to review the artillery program, 1918.
Elec. engineer National Bureau Standards, 1921. Acting secretary American Engineering Standards Committee, 1921. Liaison officer bureau of Standards and Federal Specifications Board with American Engineering Standards Committee, New York, 1922-1923.
Engineer-physicist bureau of Standards, Washington, since 1923, chief division of specifications, 1929, assistant director, 1930-1945. Technical liaison officer, Department of Commerce and Federal Specifications Executive Committee, 1939-1945. Secretary Section Committee on Rating of Elec.
Machinery, 1921-1928. Member United States National Committee, International Electrotech. Commission, 1924-1927.
Member of council, American Standards Association, 1930-1945. President A. A. McAllister & Sons, Pounding Mill Water Supply Company. President McAllister & Bell, Covington, Virginia.
Served as electrical engineer with Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, 1898, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, 1899. Member divisional commission on lighting of commission on labor of advisory commission Council National Defense. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Illuminating Engineering Society (director 1910-1911. Member National Genealogical Society, (president 1924-1928), Genealogical Society Pennsylvania, Huguenot Society Pennsylvania, History Society Pennsylvania, Baronial Order of Runnymede (a surety and. Clubs: Federal (honorary), Cleveland Park of Washington (president 1930).
Married Home C. Stephens, January 28, 1922. Children: Julia Adeline, Home Stephens, Lydia Addams, Addams Stratton, Sarah Billopp.