Background
Morrow, Lester William Wallace was born on August 7, 1888 in Hammond, West Virginia, United States. Son of Daniel Lickard and Alice Bell (Shinn) Morrow.
Morrow, Lester William Wallace was born on August 7, 1888 in Hammond, West Virginia, United States. Son of Daniel Lickard and Alice Bell (Shinn) Morrow.
Graduate Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia, 1907. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1911.
Instructor in electrical engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1912-1913. Professor electrical engineering and director School of Electrical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1913-1918.
Was member bureau of Standards, Oklahoma, and secretary Oklahoma Utilities Association.
Assistant professor electrical engineering, Yale, 1918-1922. Also associate editor Electrical World, 1922-1924, managing editor, 1924-1928, editor, 1928-1936.
General manager Fibre Products Division, Corning Glass Works, 1936-1937. Editorial director McGraw-Hill Public Company, 1938-1941.
Professor engineering administration, Rutgers University, since 1941.
Assistant director Signal Officers’ School, Yale, 1918-1920.
Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Electrochemical Society, Sigma Tau, Sigma Xi, Epsilon Xi, Acacia. Vice-president Thomas Alva Edison Foundation.
Clubs: Cornell University (New York).
Married Esther K. Morrow, August 14, 1913. Children: John Lockard, Anne Virginia, George Luther.