Background
Veeder, Curtis Hussey was born on January 31, 1862 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman and Hannah (Adair) Veeder.
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Veeder, Curtis Hussey was born on January 31, 1862 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman and Hannah (Adair) Veeder.
Graduate Lehigh University, 1886, Mechanical Engineering and Doctor Engineering, 1939.
Draftsman Pope Manufacturing Company, bicycle manufacturers, July-October 1886. Chief draftsman, mechanic department, Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, Calumet, Michigan, 1886-1889. Draftsman and engineer, Thomson-Houston Elec.
Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1889-1893. Draftsman, Hartford Cycle Company, 1894-1895. President Veeder Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1895-1928.
Director Veeder-Root, Inc., Automatic Signal Corporation Principal inventions and patents: bicycle saddles, 1880, 82. Cyclometer for bicycles, 1894. Automatic casting machine and special alloys, 1896, 98.
Liquid tachometer, 1901.
Member American Society Mech. Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geography Society, Army Ordnance Association, Franklin Institute, American Astronomical Society, American Forestry Association, Society Automotive. Engineers, Holland Society New York, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: University, Hartford, Appalachian Mountain, Auto (Hartford).
Married Louise G. Stutz, September 19, 1908. Children: Josephine Adair (Mistress Donald H. Andrews), Dorothy Irwin (Mistress Charles E. Tilton).