Joseph Wesley Burgess

Background

Burgess, Joseph Wesley was born on November 27, 1910 in St. Louis. Son of Joseph Francis and Amanda (Woodrome) Burgess.

Education

South.Joseph Francis and Amanda (Woodrome) B. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Washington University, 1932. Trainee, Shell Pipe Lincolnshire Corporation, Kilgore, Texas, 1933-1935, assistant division superintendent, Texas, New Mexico, Saint Louis, 1935-1939.

Manager products pipe line department Shell Oil Company. New York City, 1939-1941.

Chief engineer, general superintendent American Zinc Company of Illinois, Dumas, Texas, 1941-1959.

General manager construction Uranium Reduction Company, Salt Lake City, Moab, Utah, 1955-1959. Chief engineer American Zinc Company, Saint Louis, 1959-1971. Manager project engineering FluorUtah, Incorporated., San Mateo, California 1971-1973, vice president engineering, 1973, vice president project management, 1974-1976.

Retired, 1976.

Consultant, 1976, photographer, 1977. Photographs exhibited in one-man shows including: San Jose (California) Museum Art, 1980, Stanford University Faculty Club, Palo Alto, California, 1981. Group shows include: Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, California, 1977, Atkinson Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, 1978, Tower Art Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1979, International Exhibition of Photography, Adelaide, Australia, 1980, Westwood Arts National Photographic Exhibition, Los Angeles, 1980, others

Career

Trainee Shell Pipe Line Corporation, Kilgore, Texas, 1933-1935. Assistant division superintendent Texas, New Mexico, St. Louis, 1935-1939. Manager products pipe line department Shell Oil Corporation, New York City, 1939-1941.

Chief engineer, general superintendent American Zinc Company Illinois, Dumas, Texas, 1941-1959. General manager construction Uranium Reduction Company, Salt Lake City, Moab, Utah, 1955-1959. Chief engineer American Zinc Company, St. Louis, 1959-1971.

Manager project engineering Fluor Utah, Inc., San Mateo, California, 1971-1973, vice president engineering, 1973, vice president project management, 1974-1976. Retired, 1976

Consultant, since 1976, photographer, since 1977. Photographs exhibited in one-man shows including: San Jose (California) Museum Art, 1980, Stanford University Faculty Club, Palo Alto, California, 1981.

Group shows include: Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, California, 1977, Atkinson Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, 1978, Tower Art Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1979, International Exhibition of Photography, Adelaide, Australia, 1980, Westwood Arts National Photograph Exhibition, Los Angeles, 1980, others.

Achievements

• Joseph Wesley Burgess has been listed as a noteworthy metallurgical engineer, photographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, National Society Professor Engineers, California Society Professional Engineers, Missouri History Society, California History Society, American Rose Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Dorothea Ines Nelson, March 5, 1941. Children: Joseph Wesley, Sarah Jane.

Father:

Joseph Francis Burgess

Mother:

Amanda (Woodrome) Burgess

Spouse:

Dorothea Ines Nelson

child:

Sarah Jane Burgess

child:

Joseph Wesley Burgess