Charles Holway Lawrance

Background

Lawrance, Charles Holway was born on December 25, 1920 in Augusta, Maine, United States. Son of Charles William and Lois Lyford (Holway) Lawrance.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Public Health Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942; Master in Public Health, Yale University, 1952.

Career

Senior sanitary engineer, Connecticut State Department Health, Hartford, 1946-1953; associate sanitary engineer, California Department Public Health, Los Angeles, 1953-1955; chief sanitary engineer, Koebig & Koebig, Inc., Cons. Engineers, Los Angeles, 1955-1975; engineer, manager, Santa Barbara County Water Agency, Santa Barbara, California, 1975-1979; principal engineer, James M. Montgomery Cons. Engineers, Pasadena, California, 1979-1983; vice president, Lawrance, Fisk & McFarland, Inc., Santa Barbara, 1983-1996; construction engineering, retired, Santa Barbara, 1996-1999.

Achievements

• Charles Holway Lawrance has been listed as a noteworthy Civil and sanitary engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The death of the dam: A chapter in Southern California history

    (Poetry by Charles H. Lawrance. Printing by Printing Impre...)

  • The Death of the Dam: A Chapter in Southern California History

Membership

Board of directors Pacific Unitarian Church, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, 1956-1960, Chairman of the Board First lieutenant United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1946, PTO. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (life, Norman medal 1966). Member American Water Works Association (life), American Academy Environmental Engineers (life diplomate), Water Environment Federation (life).

Connections

Married Mary Jane Hungerford, November 22, 1947. Children: Kenneth A., Lois R., Robert J.

Father:

Charles William Lawrance

Mother:

Lois Lyford (Holway) Lawrance

Spouse:

Mary Jane Hungerford

child:

Lois R. Lawrance

child:

Kenneth A. Lawrance

child:

Robert J. Lawrance