Background
Upson, Maxwell Mayhew was born on April 22, 1876 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edwin M. and Kittie (Parsons) Upson.
Upson, Maxwell Mayhew was born on April 22, 1876 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edwin M. and Kittie (Parsons) Upson.
Bachelor of Arts, University of North. Dakota, 1896, Doctor Engineering, 1931. Mechanical Engineering Cornell Univercity, 1899.
Died December 14, 1963);With Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & County, New York City, advancing to managing engineer, 1899-1905. Assistant to president and chief engineer Hockanum Mills Company, Connecticut, 1905-1907. General manager, chief engineer, vice president Raymond International, Incorporated., 1907-1931, president 1931-1946.
Chairman of the Board, 1946-1960, honorary Chairman of the Board, 1960-1969.
Member Committee Economics Development Holds many patents on methods of building and placing concrete piles and building of retaining walls, seawalls and off-shore oil derrick foundations Vice president Boys; Member of the American Concrete Institute (president 1926-1928), American Society of Civil Engineers, Associate of Science Mechanical Engineering, American Society for Testing Materials, Pan American Society Republican Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Bankers, Cornell University of New York, Knickerbocker Country.
Married Mary Shepard Barrett, April.