Background
Snedden, Louis Lyle was born on January 25, 1913 in South Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Louis Earl and Mittie Ellen (Lyle) Snedden.
mechanical engineer business executive
Snedden, Louis Lyle was born on January 25, 1913 in South Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Louis Earl and Mittie Ellen (Lyle) Snedden.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1934.
Superintendent, Southern Stone Corporation, Williamson, West Virginia, 1934-1940; engineer, Mason & Hanger Company, Radford, Virginia, 1940-1941; engineer, The Austin Company, Cleveland, 1946-1947; project manager, Silas Mason Company, Burlington, Iowa., 1947-1954; project manager, Silas Mason Company, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954-1956; project engineer, Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Company Inc., Carquinez Strait Bridge Foundation, 1956-1958; chief engineer, project manager, DMJM-Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason & Hanger Company Inc., 1958-1962; resident manager, Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Company Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, 1962-1969; engineering manager, Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Company Inc., 1969-1981; senior vice president, Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Company Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, since 1981; also board directors, Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason Company Inc., Lexington, Kentucky Chairman of the Board, Mason & Hanger Engineering Inc., since 1985; president, board directors, Master of Civil Engineering Inc., since 1986.
Served to lieutenant colonel C.E. United States Army, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of America Military Engineers Clubs: The Beavers.
Married Virginia Dare Herold, August 30, 1938. Children: Nancy Lee, Louis Lyle.