Andrew Oswald Cunningham

Background

Cunningham, Andrew Oswald was born on July 8, 1866 in Rangoon, Burma. Son of General Percy S. (British Army) and Annie Sarah (Stroud) Cunningham.

Education

Educated South Eastern College, England, 1879-1883. Came to the United States, 1883. Bachelor of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1894.

Career

Rodman and leveler on North.P. Railroad, 1886-1888. Land surveyor in North Dakota, 1890-1891. Draftsman. 1894-1895, and assistant engineer, 1895-1896, Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis.

General contracting and engineering, and southern agent for Schultz Bridge & Iron Company, Pittsburgh, 1896-1898.

With Pittsburgh Reduction Company, designing improvements in old buildings at Niagara Falls and making designs for new buildings and improvements at New Kensington Works, 1898-1899. In general consultant and civil engineering business, 1899-1900.

Contracting manager in charge estimates, designs and bids, for American Bridge Company, Cleveland, 1900-1902. Bridge engineer, 1902-1905.

Chief engineer Wabash Railroad, 1905-1923.

In private practice as construction engineering Mayor University City, since 1924.

Achievements

• Andrew Oswald Cunningham has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Georgia Townsend Quinn, July 11, 1903.

Father:

General Percy South. (British Army) Cunningham

Mother:

Annie Sarah (Stroud) Cunningham

Spouse:

Georgia Townsend Quinn