David Vernon Messman

Background

Messman, David Vernon was born on November 27, 1908 in Dakota, Illinois, United States. Son of David Frederick and Edith Jane (Hutchison) Messman.

Education

Bachelor in Physics, Cornell College, 1932. Business and Community Engagement, University Wisconsin, 1934.

Career

Assistant engineer, Southern R.R. Sys. various locations, 1936-1942; from assistant engineer of bridges to engineer of bridges, Southern R.R. Sys., Knoxville, Tennessee, 1947-1961; from assistant engineer to assistant chief engineer, Southern R.R. Sys., Washington and Atlanta, 1962-1973; from manager to senior engineer, Ralph Whitehead Association, Atlanta, 1973-1996.

Achievements

• Registered profile engineer, Georgia, Tennessee.

Membership

With French Horn, Knoxville, Tennessee and Charlotte, North Carolina, 1946-1961. Captain United States Army, 1942-1946. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (life), American R.R. Bridge Building Association, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (honorary).

Interests

• Avocations: music, French horn.

Connections

Married Edith Marie Bear, July 5, 1936 (divorced). Children: Martha, Laurel. Married Lucille ElizabethThern, December 21, 1996.

Father:

David Frederick Messman

Mother:

Edith Jane (Hutchison) Messman

Spouse:

Lucille Elizabeth Thern

Spouse:

Edith Marie Bear

child:

Martha Messman

child:

Laurel Messman