Background
McPhee, Alexander Hector was born on November 26, 1911 in Brooklyn. Son of Alexander Hendry and Charlotte Elizabeth (Kraus) McPhee.
McPhee, Alexander Hector was born on November 26, 1911 in Brooklyn. Son of Alexander Hendry and Charlotte Elizabeth (Kraus) McPhee.
Student, Pratt Institute, 1928-1934; student, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1935-1941.
Assistant chief engineer, Peter Clark Inc., 1934-1937;
engineer, United States Ship Yorktown & Enterprise Airplane Elevators, 1934-1937;
partner, Howard V. Harding & Company, 1937-1938;
assistant chief engineer, Lukenweld division Lukens Steel Company, 1938-1944;
partner, McPhee & Johnston, 1945-1948;
private practice construction engineering, since 1948;
vice president, Hepworth Machine Company, Inc., Port Washington, New York, 1953-1957;
president, Hepworth Machine Company, Inc., Port Washington, New York, 1957-1980;
Chairman of the Board, Hepworth Machine Company, Inc., Port Washington, New York, 1962-1980;
also director, Hepworth Machine Company, Inc., Port Washington, New York
vice president, Olaf Soot Associations, Professional Corporation, 1979-1981;
consultant, Midlantic Engineering, Professional Corporation, 1985-1988;
consultant, Charles Birnstiel, PC., since 1979. Designer 90-foot turntable for Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1953, 76-foot turntable for Jones Beach Marine Amphitheatre. Engineering consultant manufacturer movable auditorium ceiling Juilliard School Music, 1967-1969.
Mechanic stage equipment John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, 1968-1971. Gondola hoists and controls Nassau County Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1972. Mechanic and electrical consultant Bronx Zoo Skyride, 1972-1973.
Approved welding inspection agency New York City Department buildings.
Troop committee member, Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American. Member board appeals Village of Plandome Heights, New York. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (life), American Society for Testing and Materials, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Defense Preparedness Association, Nassau County Grand Jurors Association, Mac Fie Clan Society North America (life), Pi Tau Sigma (honorary).
Married Cynthia Rose Agar, July 26, 1947. 1 child, Alexander Hector.