Background
Pick, Lewis Andrew was born on November 18, 1890 in Brookneal, Virginia, United States. Son of George and Annie (Crouch) Pick.
Pick, Lewis Andrew was born on November 18, 1890 in Brookneal, Virginia, United States. Son of George and Annie (Crouch) Pick.
Bachelor of Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1914. Graduate Engineers School Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1924, Command and General staff schedul, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1934, Army War College, Fort Humphries, District of Columbia, 1939.
1 son, Lewis Andrew, Junior Civil engineer with Southern Railway, 1914-1916. Commissioned First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, 1917, advancing to Lieutenant general, 1951. Commanded Company East, 23d Engineers, American Expeditionary Force, France, 1917.
On duty in Philippines, 1920-1923.
United States district engineer, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1925-1928. Instructor Command and General staff schedul, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1934-1938.
Executive officer to division engineer, Ohio River Division, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1939-1941. Division engineer, Missouri River Division, Omaha, Nebraska, 1942-September 1943.
Commanded Advance Section 3, China-Burma-India, in charge construction Ledo Road, 1943-1945.
Assigned Missouri River Division engineers, 1945. Commander 5th army emergency relief in midwest, Operation Snowbound, February 1949. Chief of engineers, Department of Army, March 1949.
Vice chairman Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company, since 1953.
Member American Society Civil Engineer, Society American Military Engineers, Theta Chi, Chi Epsilon.
Married Alice Cary, December 15, 1925.