Background
Ayer, John was born on April 29, 1883 in Oakland, Maine, United States. Son of John and Mary Annabel (Holt) Ayer.
Ayer, John was born on April 29, 1883 in Oakland, Maine, United States. Son of John and Mary Annabel (Holt) Ayer.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1905. Graduate student Technology High School, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, 1906-1907.
Assistant engineer Charles River Basin Commission, 1907-1913. Engineer and designer concrete dams and power houses, 1910-1913. Assistant engineer and director of Portuguese of Boston, 1913-1917.
Assistant engineer Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, 1917-1918, executive engineer, 1918-1919, division engineer, 1920-1922, vice president, until 1961.
Director, consultant Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Incorporated., specializing in design and construction of waterfront projects. Employed on large projects such as shipbuilding and graving docks for Bureau of Yards and Docks (United States Navy Department), Commonwealth Dry Dock and Pier, Hampden Company Memorial Bridge (Springfield, Massachusetts), Victory Plant of Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation (Quincy, Massachusetts).
Associated with three other engineering firms in design of dry docks and navy yard improvements for United States Navy, also work for United States Army in Northern Canada, Newfoundland, Greenland and Alaska.
Served as chairman Water and Sewer Commission, Medford, Massachusetts, 1926-1929. Member School House Building Commission, 1929-1933. Member American Society Civil Engineer, Newcomen Society, American Association Portuguese.
Married Josephine Flint Stevens, June 24, 1909. Children: John, Junior.