Herbert Lee Seward

Background

Seward, Herbert Lee was born on April 17, 1885 in Guilford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Leonidas C. and Addie A. (Page) Seward.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Sheffield Science School (Yale), 1906, Mechanical Engineering, Yale, 1908.

Career

Instructor mechanic engineering Yale, 1908. Professor, 1928; assistant to president American bureau of Shipping, New York City, 1929-1932. Member of advisory committee United States Lincolnshire, Incorporated., Fuel Conservation committee United States Shipping Board.

Special expert and economics adviser United States Martime Commission.

Maritime assistant to Secretary Commerce, 1937-1938 (sabbatical leave Yale). Consultant Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, others

Senior consultant Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Achievements

• Herbert Lee Seward has been listed as a notable marine engineer, naval architect, consultant, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory committee United States Lincolnshire, Incorporated., Fuel Conservation committee United States Shipping Board. Member Office of Personnel Management Committee on Shipyard Labor. Conservation to and expert for secretary navy in salvaging South.S. Normandie.

Organized and operated as Executive officer United States Navy Steam Engineering School, at Stevens Institute Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, World War I. Member technical committee American Bureau Shipping.

Director New York Shipbldg.

Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 2 years Chairman advisory board, head department of Maritime Economics, United States Coast Guard Academy 16 years Confidential consultant to Secretary Navy, World World World War World War II Member technical committee four experts study and report on collision of M.V. Stockholm and South.S. Andrea Doria. Chairman Town Beach Erosion Board, Old Saybrook.

Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member American Society Naval Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, United States Power Squadrons, Propeller.

Mason.; Clubs: Whitehall (New York).

Connections

Married Effie May Scranton, August 4, 1909 (died November 1958). Married second, Anna C. Bronson, April. Children: Ruth, Marion, Dana (all deceased).

Father:

Leonidas C. Seward

Mother:

Addie A. (Page) Seward

Spouse:

Anna C. Bronson

Spouse:

Effie May Scranton

child:

Dana Seward (all deceased)

child:

Marion Seward

child:

Ruth Seward