Fred Homer Pumphrey

Background

Pumphrey, Fred Homer was born on July 31, 1898 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Elgar Grant and Ella (Rhoades) Pumphrey.

Education

AB, Ohio State University, 1920; Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1921; Electrical engineer, Ohio State University, 1927; Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, 1962.

Career

With, Dayton Power & Light Company, 1921-1922; general meter superintendent, Kansas Gas & Electric Company, 1922-1924; technical engineer, S.I. (New York) Edison Corporation, 1924-1927; instructor, State University Iowa, 1927-1928; professor electrical engineering, Rutgers University, 1928-1945; engineer educational service division, General Electric, Schenectady, 1945-1956; professor, head department electrical engineering, U. Florida, 1946-1958; dean engineering, Auburn (Alabama) U., from 1958.

Achievements

• Fred Homer Pumphrey has been listed as a noteworthy University dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1918. Lieutenant colonel Signal Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1944. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Member NSPE, Alabama Society Professional Engineers, American Society Engineering Education (chairman electrical engineering committee 1947, educational methods division 1952, member project operating unit from 1963), Masons, Kiwanis, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (president Florida chapter 1953-1954), Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa. M C.

Connections

Married Gladice Eno, June 20, 1922. Children: Betty Ruth, Pattie Evelyn, James Eno, Margaret Elaine.

Father:

Elgar Grant Pumphrey

Mother:

Ella (Rhoades) Pumphrey

Spouse:

Gladice Eno

child:

Pattie Evelyn Pumphrey

child:

Betty Ruth Pumphrey

child:

James Eno Pumphrey

child:

Margaret Elaine Pumphrey