Background
Gaty, Lewis Rumsey was born on August 21, 1902 in West Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore Emmett and Cornelia (Pomeroy) Gaty.
Gaty, Lewis Rumsey was born on August 21, 1902 in West Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore Emmett and Cornelia (Pomeroy) Gaty.
Electrical Engineer, Cornell Univercity, 1924.
Sioux City Gas & Electric Company, 1924-1926, Counties Gas & Electric Company, 1926-1927. Electric superintendent Philadelphia Suburban Counties Gas & Electric Company, 1927-1929. With Philadelphia Electric Company, since 1929, successively electric superintendent, gas superintendent, superintendent overhead lines, assistant to general superintendent electric transmission and distribution, assistant electric engineer, electrical engineer, manager engineering department, 1929-1956, vice president research and development, 1956-1959, b.p. engineering and research, since 1959.
Vice president, director Atomic Power Development Associates, Incorporated.
Director Philadelphia Electric Power Company, Susquehanna Power Company, Susquehanna Electric Company. Vice president and trustee High Temperature Reactor Development Associates, Incorporated.
Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (chairman management committee 1955-1957. Member American Society Mechanical Engineering, American Society Engineering Education, Franklin Institute, Association Edison Illuminating Companies (chairman switching and switchgear committee 1950-1952), Edison Electric Institute, American Gas Association, Cornell Society Engineers, National Society Professional Engineers, Newcomen Society, Internationale des Grands Reseaux Electriques. Clubs: Union League, Cornell, Engineers (Philadelphia).
Married Katharine Morris Fleischmann, March 16, 1929. Children: Lewis Rumsey, Joan P. Engineering assistant.