Background
Fry, Lawford H. was born on June 16, 1873 in Richmond, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Howard and Eliza Tyrell (Lawford) E.
Fry, Lawford H. was born on June 16, 1873 in Richmond, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Howard and Eliza Tyrell (Lawford) E.
Brought to the United States, 1873, naturalized, 1929. Educated Bedford (England) Grammar School. City and Guilds Technology Institute, London.
University of Goettingen and Hannoversche Technische Hochschule (Germany).
Engineer, Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1897-1913. Metallurgical engineer, Standard Steel Works, 1913-1930. Railway engineer, Edgewater Steel Company, 1930-1943.
Director of research The Locomotive Institute, New York, New York, since 1943.
Member Institute Civil Engineers, Institute Mechanics Engineers (Bernard Hall prize 1927), Institute Locomotive Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Warner Reed Medal 1938), American Society Testing Materials, Newcomen Society of England.
Married Marjorie Stockton Canan, September 9, 1905 (died September 1932). Married second, Mildred Lucinda Kolb, December 2, 1935. Children: Frances Elizabeth, Lucy Howard, Humphrey Lawford, Christopher Arthur, Alison Marjorie (Mistress Nelson Orr Wieman).