Background
Parsons, Douglas Eugene was born on November 3, 1894 in Marion, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel N. and Aley E. (Andrews) Parsons.
Parsons, Douglas Eugene was born on November 3, 1894 in Marion, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel N. and Aley E. (Andrews) Parsons.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1917, Civil Engineer, 1922.
Assistant engineer Iowa Railway & Light Company, Cedar Rapids, 1919-1923. Engineer National Bureau of Standards, Washington, District of Columbia, 1923-1930, chief masonry construction section, 1930-1945, chief of mineral products division, 1945-1946, chief building research division, 1947-1962. Consultant, from 1963.
Served as Second lieutenant, reconnaissance officer, 314th Trench Mortar Battery, 89th Division United States Army with American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919. Director American Concrete Institute, 1941-1949. Member American Society Testing Materials (honorary life.
Married Lyle Chandler, August, 1920. Children: Robert Chandler, William Andrews, Mary Lyle, Margery Louise.