Background
Cates, Louis Shattuck was born on December 20, 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edwin Wallace and Emily Allen (Johnson) Cates.
Cates, Louis Shattuck was born on December 20, 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edwin Wallace and Emily Allen (Johnson) Cates.
Massachusetts Institute, of Technology, S.B., 1902. High School. Member of Council of Defense and Secretary, District Draft Board. during World War. Y. Governor. Arizona Chapter American Mining Congress.
Member Board of Directors American Institute, of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers President, American Mining Congress, President, Phelps Dodge Company, New York City, since 1928.
Mine operator in Mexico, 1902. Assistant to president National Steel & Wire County, New York, 1903-1904. In charge of construction and development, at Bingham Canyon, Utah, for Boston Consolidated Mining Company, 1904-1908, general manager, 1909.
With Ray (Arizona) Consolidated Copper Company, 1910-1922. Assistant general manager Utah Copper Company, 1919-1922, general manager, 1922-1930, also vice president, 1923-1930. Assistant general manager Bingham & Garfield Railway Company, 1919-1922, general manager, 1922-1930, also vice president, 1923-1930.
President Phelps Dodge Corporation, copper, 1930-1947. Chairman of the Board, since 1947. Director of Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation, Long Island Railroad Company, Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation, Niagara Fire Insurance Company, Southern Peru Copper Corporation.
Member division of engineering and industrial research, National. Member Corporation Massachusetts Institute Technology (life). Engineer, 1939.; Member Corporation Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1933-1938, Vice president., director Copper and Brass Research Association, 1931-1932.
Member American Mining Congress (president 1925), Mining and Metallurgical Society of America (president 1931), American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (vice president 1934-1937, director 1919-1921, 1931-1934, 1936-1939, president 1946), National Institute Social Sciences (life), Society Mayflower Descendants, General Society Colonial Wars, The Pilgrims of the United States, S.A.R., Chi Phi. Mason (32° Shriner). Clubs: India House, The Links, The Brook, Pinnacle, University (New York City).
Married 3d, Ethel Chesbrough Lewis, May 12, 1951.