Background
Towl, Forrest Milton was born on January 14, 1863 in Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Son of Theodore M. and Sarah L. (Ackley) Towl.
civil engineer Corporation president
Towl, Forrest Milton was born on January 14, 1863 in Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Son of Theodore M. and Sarah L. (Ackley) Towl.
Civil Engineer, Cornell Univercity, 1886, Master of Civil Engineering, 1935.
Engaged in surveys of pipe lines, summers, 1879-1886. Assistant, later chief engineer National Transit Company, 1886-1902. Manager pipe line department Pacific Coast Oil Corporation (now Standard Oil Corporation of California), 1902-1903, designed and built first long hot oil pipe line from Bakersfield to San Francisco Bay.
General superintendent trunk pipe lines controlled by Standard Oil Corporation, 1903-1906.
Consulting engineer Standard Oil Corporation, 1906-1911. President, 1911-1932, Chairman of the Board since January 1, 1932, Southern Pipe Lincolnshire Company, Eureka Pipe Lincolnshire Company, South West Pennsylvania Pipe Lincolnshire, Cumberland Pipe Lincolnshire Company.
Engaged in research work, at Cornell Univercity, in pipe line flow of fluids since September 1934. Has had charge of building over 7,000 miles of pipe line.
Member fuel and fuel handling sub-committee United States Navy. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Cornell Engineering Association, Chi Psi, Chi Epsilon. Member Dutch Reformed Church Wrote: The Pipe Lincolnshire Flow Factor, 1934.
Married Mary Elizabeth Dean, December 18, 1888. Children: Theodore Clinton, Sarah Dean, Forrest Milton (deceased).