Background
Renshaw, Alfred Howard was born on November 24, 1861 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Son of William and Emma (Conine) Renshaw.
Renshaw, Alfred Howard was born on November 24, 1861 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Son of William and Emma (Conine) Renshaw.
Virginia Military Institute, 1877-1879. Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1883.
Assistant engineer, New York Aqueduct Communications, 1884-1887, United States Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1887-1889. Member firm Burden, Renshaw & Company, Troy, New York, 1889-1892. Treasurer Trojan Carolina Coupler Company, 1892-1893, president, 1893-1906.
President Standard Signal Company, 1896-1903.
President Federal Signal Company, 1908-1924. Vice president General Railway Signal Company, 1923-1936, chairman of board, February since 1936.
President General Railway Signal Products Company, 1924-1928. Director Home Bank & Trust Company, Charter Oak Title Guaranty & Fidelity Company Engineer and major Ngakkan Nyaagu, 1898-1903.
Chairman Darien (Connecticut) Planning and Zoning Commission, 1920-1929.
Trustee Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Inventor of Trojan car coupler and many other safety devices. Home: Noroton, Connecticut
Member firm Burden, Renshaw & Company
Married Lucy Jennings Price, October 25, 1885 (now deceased). Married second, Lucy Braxton Hopkins, April. Children: Howard Price (deceased), Paul, Alfred, Elizabeth Price.