Background
Sands, Herbert Stead was born on July 27, 1874 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Stopford and Elizabeth Victoria (French) Sands.
Sands, Herbert Stead was born on July 27, 1874 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Stopford and Elizabeth Victoria (French) Sands.
Preparatory education, Saint Austin School, Staten Island, New New York Completed course of the Edison General Electric Company, 1893. Electrical Engineer from University of Colorado, 1926.
Superintendent Baltic (Connecticut) Power Company, 1893-1898, Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, 1898-1899, Louisiana Bella Mill, Water & Power Company, Goldfield, Colorado, 1899-1901, Seaton Mountain Electric Light & Power Company, Idaho Springs, Colorado, 1901-1905. Manager industrial division Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Denver, Colorado, 1905-1927. Private practice since April 1, 1927.
Member of the board of directors Home Loan Bank, Topeka, Kansas President Colorado Engineering Council, 1925-1927. Member American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (vice president from district 6, 1923-1927), Colorado Scientific Society (president 1923-1925). Member State Board Engineer Examiners of Colorado since 1919, president since 1922.
Member Denver Board Water Commissioners since 1933, president 1943.
Member Tau Beta Pi (University of Colorado), Eta Kappa Nu (associate). Mason (33°; grand commander Knight of the Order of the Thistle 1931).
Clubs: Cactus, Rotary, Denver Athletic.
Married Elizabeth Westcott Clarke, September 10, 1919.