Background
Morgan, Arthur Ernest was born on June 20, 1878 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of John D. and Anna Frances (Wiley) Morgan.
Morgan, Arthur Ernest was born on June 20, 1878 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of John D. and Anna Frances (Wiley) Morgan.
Education high school. Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Colorado, 1923. Honorary Doctor Engineering, Case School of Applied Sciences, 1932.
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of North Carolina, 1937.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Antioch College, 1943, Brandeis University, 1972. Doctorate. Humanities, Ohio State University, 1973.
1 son, Ernest; married second, Lucy Middleton Griscom, July 6, 1911. Children—Griscom, Frances (Mistress Landrum Bolling), Lucy (deceased). Practiced in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, 1902-1907.
Supervising engineer, United States Government Drainage Investigations, 1907-1909, in charge design of reclamation works in Southern States.
President Morgan Engineering Company, 1909-1915. President Dayton-Morgan Engineering Company from 1915.
Appointed chief engineer, 1913, Miami Conservancy District, designed to prevent recurrence of Dayton flood. Chief engineer Pueblo Conservancy District, to protect Pueblo, Colorado, from floods, 1921.
Has planned and superintended construction 75 water control projects.
Drafted revised drainage codes adopted by Minnesota legislature, 1905, Arkansas legislature, 1909, and assisted in drafting those adopted by Mississippi, 1911, Ohio, 1914, Colorado, 1922, New Mexico, 1927. President Antioch College, 1920-1936. Chairman Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1938.
President Community Service, Incorporated., from 1941, president Yellow Springs Housing Corporation.
Temporary chairman Conciliation and Arbitration Board United States Steel and C.I.O., 1950.
Member University Commission appointed by government of India, 1948-1949. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Sociological Society, American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary), American Eugenics Society, Rural Sociological Society.
Married Urania T. Jones, September 1904 (died 1905). Married second, Lucy Middleton Griscom, July 6, 1911. Children: Griscom, Frances (Mistress Landrum Bolling), Lucy (deceased).