Ernest Dawson Mortenson

Background

Mortenson, Ernest Dawson was born on October 31, 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nils and Mary (Wyke) Mortenson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Tufts University, 1917.

Career

Special agent engineer New England district Public Works Administration, 1935-1937. Contract, specification engineer Metropolitan Water Supply Commission, Boston, 1938-1940. Supervising engineer United States Navy Quonset Air Station, Rhode Island, 1940-1946.

Assistant city plan engineer New Haven, 1946-1947.

Chief and associate engineer Lyons & Mather Architects, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1947-1966, executive engineer, 1966-1968. Consultant engineer various firms New England, 1935.

Lecturer Franklin Technology Institute, Boston, 1933-1940, Bridgeport Engineering Institute, 1950-1952.

Achievements

• Ernest Dawson Mortenson has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Melrose (Massachusetts) City Plan Commission, 1934-1940. Fellow American Society C.E.s. Member Greater Bridgeport Engineering Societies

Council, National Society Professional Engineers (president Connecticut 1938-1939), American Concrete Institute, Boston Tufts.

Mason (32 degree).

Connections

Married Gladys Fullerton Hill, July 27, 1922. Children: Olive (Mistress Kenneth Ernest Blackwell), Leonard Earl, Judith (Mistress Robert Twarog).

Father:

Nils Mortenson

Mother:

Mary (Wyke) Mortenson

Spouse:

Gladys Fullerton Hill

child:

Judith Mortenson (Mistress Robert Twarog)

child:

Leonard Earl Mortenson

child:

Olive Mortenson (Mistress Kenneth Ernest Blackwell)