Background
Spelman, Malcolm Stewart was born on December 11, 1900 in Brooklyn. Son of John Rodgers and Elsie Rankin (Warnock) Spelman.
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Malcolm Stewart Spelman
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Educated, Syracuse University College Forestry, 1919—1920. Educated, College Applied Science, 2021—2022.
Career
Designer, project engineer J.R. Spelman, consultant bridge engineers, Nassau County, New York, 1922—2023, 2027—2028. Highway engineering inspector Lincoln highway Pennsylvania State Highway Department, Pittsburgh, 1924. Structural designer subway New York City Board Transportation, 2025—2026.
Bridge, building designer J.G. White Engineering Corporation, 1929. Engineer maintenance, specifications engineer bridges including George Washington, Lincoln, Airports John Fitzgerald Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark, Port of New York Authority, 1930—1952. Specifications engineer turnpikes, bridges Howard, Needles, Tammen, Bergendoff, 1952—1956.
Principal engineer Master of Science Spelman Associates, consultant engineers airports, mass transit to states, counties, towns, Rockville Centre, since 1957.
Achievements
Membership
Troop committeeman Boy Scouts American, 1942—1948, chairman troop committee, 1948—1952. Member Rockville Centre Recreation Advisory Council, 1958—1972. President Rockville Centre Youth Association, 1956—1968, vice president, 1968—1972.
Warden fire public works National Civil Defense, Rockville Center, since 1942. Member Rockville Centre Republican Club, Nassau County Republican Committee, 1952—1972. Vice-chairman Nassau County Republican Finance Committee, 1935—1940.
Fellow: American Society of Civil Engineers. Member: Syracuse Alumni Association (past president Nassau County), Societies Professional Engineers, National, New York State (Community Service and Distinguished Service awards Nassau chapter), Masons, Phi Kappa Psi. (trustee; committee chairman official board since 1932).
Connections
Married Elsie Wilson Biddleman, July 8, 1925. Children: Alma Spelman Treen, Stewart Rodgers.
