James Harold Foote

Background

Foote, James Harold was born on November 21, 1891 in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of James Berry and Rebecca Elilza (Tuttle) Foote.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Michigan State University, 1914; Doctor of Science in Engineering (honorary), Wayne State University, 1958.

Career

Surveyor, engineer, construction engineer, Fargo Engineering Company, Consumers Power Company and associated companies, Jackson, 1914-1923; electrical engineer charge station and transmission line engineering, Commonwealth Power Corporation Michigan and successors, 1924-1931; supervising engineer charge electrical engineering northern division, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation New York, 1932-1936; in charge engineering, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation New York, 1936-1949; vice president, board directors, Commonwealth Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc. New York, 1949-1961; director engineering, Commonwealth Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc. New York, 1958-1961; president, board directors, Commonwealth Associations, Inc., Jackson, 1949-1958; chief engineer, Commonwealth Associations, Inc., Jackson, 1958-1961; board directors, Commonwealth Associations, Inc., Jackson, 1958-1960; president, board directors, Commonwealth buildings, Inc., Jackson, 1955-1961; private practice, from 1962.

President, board directors Waupakisco Realty Company, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1937-1943;vice president, board directors Miller Plating Corporation, Jackson, 1963-1969. Member International Conference Large Elec. High Tension Systems.

Technical adviser United States national committee International Electrotech. Commission, 1955-1970, delegate technical committees, 1955-1958;member Michigan Board Registration Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, 1943-1950, chairman, 1950.

Achievements

• James Harold Foote has been listed as a noteworthy engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president Michigan Council Churches and Religious Education, 1949. Trustee Olivet (Michigan) College, 1943-1950, Adrain (Michigan) College, 1956-1959. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (president 1959-1960, Edison and John Fritz medal committees 1960-1963).

Member American Society for Testing and Materials (chairman committee electrical conductors 1938-1950, administrative committee standards 1953-1960, honorary 1962), United States of America Standards Institute (board directors 1956-1963, electrical and electronics standards board 1952-1970, Howard Coonley medal 1960), National Society of Professional Engineers, Michigan Societies Professional Engineers (board directors 1950-1953), Michigan Engineering Society (president 1944-1945, honorary), American Forestry Association, American Institute Consultant Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, Tau Beta Pi, Eta kappa Nu, Pi Tau Sigma.

Connections

Married Marie D. Dinius, October 12, 1915. Children: James Harold, Barbara Marie (Mistress Joseph A. Crain).

Father:

James Berry Foote

Mother:

Rebecca Elilza (Tuttle) Foote

Spouse:

Marie D. Dinius

child:

Barbara Marie Foote (Mistress Joseph A. Crain)

child:

James Harold Foote