Background
Purcell, Charles Henry was born on January 27, 1883 in North Bend, Nebraska, United States. Son of John and Mary (Gillis) Purcell.
Purcell, Charles Henry was born on January 27, 1883 in North Bend, Nebraska, United States. Son of John and Mary (Gillis) Purcell.
Student Stanford University, 1903. Continuing education, University of Nebraska, 1906. East.D., 1936; Doctor of Laws, University of California, 1937.
Resident engineer on railroad construction in Wyoming, 1906-1907. Assistant chief engineer smelting and power development, Peru, 1909-1910. Highway and bridge engineer in Northwest on state private projects, 1910-1917.
Bridge engineer for United States Bureau Public Roads, Oregon, 1917-1927.
Highway engineer State of California, Division Highways, 1928-1942. Appointed director public works, California.
Ex-officio chairman California Highway commission. Ex-officio chairman State Reconstruction and Reemployment Commission, 1943.
Appointed secretary Hoover-Young San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Commission, 1929.
Made traffic survey and design for San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 1931. Appointed chief engineer San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Republican of the United States on the Permanent International communications of the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses.
Member Interregional Highway Committee since 1941.
Member Interregional Highway Committee since 1941. Member American Society Civil Engineers (honorary), American Association of State Highway Officials (past president Member executive committee), Chi Phi.
Clubs: Family, Press, Commonwealth (San Francisco).
Married Minnie Pullen, February 24, 1914.