Background
French, Arthur Willard was born on July 13, 1868 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Willard and Elmira (Holt) French.
French, Arthur Willard was born on July 13, 1868 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Son of Willard and Elmira (Holt) French.
Student Dartmouth College, 1887-1890. Civil Engineer, Thayer School Civ. Engineering (Dartmouth), 1892.
Civ. engineer Platte River Paper Mills, Denver, 1892-1894, assistant United Presbyterian, Denver & Gulf Railway, 1894-1895. Assistant professor civil engineering, Thayer School Civ. Engineering, 1895-1898.
Professor civil engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1899-1938, professor emeritus since 1938.
Member of the board overseers Thayer School of Civil Engineering, 1925-1939. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Society Promotion Engineering Education, Boston Society of Civil Engineers.
Married Carrie Viola Kyte, of Denver, Colorado, July 2, 1895. Children: Willard Kyte, Robert Fletcher, Frederick Arthur, Walter Horace.