Background
Park, Charles Abraham was born on November 30, 1882 in New Lexington, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas and Louanna Brush (Jordan) Park.
Park, Charles Abraham was born on November 30, 1882 in New Lexington, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas and Louanna Brush (Jordan) Park.
Civil Engineer, Ohio State University, 1907.
Draftsman United States Land Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1907, civil engineer and superintendent construction Question Manager department at large, Fort Doctorate. A. Russell, Wyoming, 1908-1911. Superintendent construction United States Lighthouse District 11, Detroit, Michigan, 1911-1924, lighthouse superintendent in charge, 1924-1933. Chief engineer, United States Lighthouse Service, 1933-1935, deputy commissioner lighthouses, 1935-1939.
Captain United States Coast Guard, operations officer for aids to navigation, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, District of Columbia, 1939-1942.
Chief operations officer, United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1942. Rank of rear admiral United States Coast Guard, May 1, 1943.
Retired August, 1946.
Member Student Council of Ohio State University (lieutenant colonel in charge student regiment), Sigma Xi. Member American Society Civ. Engineers.
Married Lela Maud Laughlin, September 2, 1908. Children: Geraldine Myrtle, Charles Abraham, Robert Laughlin.