Background
MacDONALD, John Quincy was born on November 17, 1873 in Clay Company, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel Franklin and Amanda Catherine (Roads) MacDonald.
MacDONALD, John Quincy was born on November 17, 1873 in Clay Company, Iowa, United States. Son of Samuel Franklin and Amanda Catherine (Roads) MacDonald.
Private Schools; Public and High Schools, Denver, Colorado. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, special course. Ordnance School, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1923-1924.
Chemist and Metallurgist, Superintendent, Hot Metal Department, 111. Steel Company, Chicago, 1895-1896. Manager, Mining and Milling Prop., Chihuahua, Mexico, 1898.
Erecting Gold Reduction Works, California, 1899. Manager Gold Reduction Works, Cripple Creek. Colo, and Florence, Colorado, 1900-1912.
Mayor, City of Florence, Colorado, 1904-1910. Superintendent, Copper Concentration Works and Power Plants, Utah and Arizona, 1913-1914. Chief Engineer and Consulting Engineer, Designing, Erecting and Operating Oxygen and Hydrogen Producing Plants in 111., Mich, and Massachusetts, 1915-1917.
Colonel, National. Guard of Colo, and Military Secretary, State of Colorado, 1903-1909. Officers Training Camp, Fort Sheridan, 111., Ninth Company, Second P.T.R., August-December 1917. Commander Captain, Ordnance Department, 1917.
Sent to France with American Expeditionary Forces. Chief of Inspection, Ordnance Material Procured in Europe, 1918-1919. Promoted Major, 1919.
Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, 1919. Chief Ordnance Officer for Great. Britain in London, England, 1919-1921.
Commander Major in Regular Army, 1920. Commanding Officer, Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, New Jersey, 1922-1923. Officer in Charge, Instrument Department and Artillery Ammunition Department, Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1924-1928.
In charge Artillery Vehicle Department. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., 1928-1929. Commanding Officer, Nansemond Ordnance Depot, Portsmouth, Virginia., since 1929.
Member: Masons; Knights Templar. Shrine; B.P.0. Elks; National. Sojourners; Military Order of World War.
Army Ordnance Association. Army Athletic Association Clubs: Country (Portsmouth), National. Travel, Portsmouth Shrine, Army and Navy (New York).