Background
Lyford, Frederic EUgene was born on January 20, 1895 in Waverly, New York, United States. Son of Frederic Eugene and Jane Elizabeth (Lemon) Lyford.
Lyford, Frederic EUgene was born on January 20, 1895 in Waverly, New York, United States. Son of Frederic Eugene and Jane Elizabeth (Lemon) Lyford.
Master Engineering, Cornell University, 1916.
Shipfitter, Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland., 1916-1917;
inspector machine tool factories, Allied Machinery Company of America, New York City, 1917;
foreign sales agent, Allied Machinery Company of America, New York City, 1919-1920;
manager sales promotion, Tioga Mills, Waverly, New York, 1920-1923;
with, Lihigh Valley R.R., 1923-1933;
special engineer to executive vice president, Lihigh Valley R.R., 1929-1933;
examiner R.R. division, Reconstrn. Finance Corporation, Washington, 1934-1936;
assistant to vice president in charge of sales, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, 1936-1937;
trustee, New York, Ohio & Western Railway, New York City, 1937-1944;
assistant to Chairman, Board Of Directors, Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, New York City, 1944-1946;
president, director, Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, New York City, 1946-1949;
partner, Lyford and Eberle, 1949-1952;
construction engineering, Lyford and Eberle, from 1953. Consultant harbors, heavy transportation various steel companies, railroads.
Executive director Council Engineering Laws, from 1954.
First lieutenant Field Artillery, attached to air service as aerial observer, France, 1917-1919. Served as chief of America R.R. Mission to Portuguese r.r.s in their African Colonies of Angola and Mozambique for Office of Economics Warfare, June-November 1943. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman several committees from 1941), Newcomen Society England, The Moles, Engineers Club, India House Club, Shenorock Shore Club.
Married Eleanor Cabot, October 30, 1920 (deceased). Children: Nancy (Mistress Robert Kiley), Frederic, Geoffrey, Sylvia (Mistress R. B. Morgan). Married Walmy Dösvig Kleivdal, December 16, 1957.