Background
Shelton, Mercel Joseph was born on April 4, 1906 in South Haven, Michigan, United States. Son of Walter C. and Anna (Cordier) Shelton.
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Mercel Joseph Shelton
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Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1930.
Career
Engineer Indiana & Michigan Electrical Company, South Bend, Indiana, 1928-1933. Consultant engineer San Diego, 1936-1942. Operations officer World Pet Association, San Diego County., 1937-1938.
Engineer La Mesa Lemon Grove and Spring Valley Irrigation District, La Mesa, California, 1946-1956, chief engineer, general manager, 1948-1956. Director San Diego County Water Authority, 1948-1956, 65-77, San Diego Regional Water Pollution Control Board, 1950-1953, California Water Pollution Control Board, 1953-1958. Deputy director California Department Water Resources, 1956-1958.
Chief engineer Koebig & Koebig, Inc. (engrs.-architects), San Diego, 1959-1971, vice president, 1963-1971. Proprietor Michael Jackson Shelton (consultant engineer), San Diego, 1971-1980.
Associate Tudor Engineering Company, San Diego, 1972-1973.
Achievements
Membership
President Grossmont Community Concert Association, 1969-1970, 78. Director, member advisory council East County Performing Arts Center, 1976-1980. Served as Second lieutenant C.E. Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1936.
Second lieutenant to captain United States Army, 1942-1946. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (secretary San Diego section 1947, president 1948, national director 1952-1955, national vice president 1963-1965), American Water Works Association (chairman California section 1956-1957), Engineers Council Professional Development (council 1959-1965), Soil Conservation Society of America (president California chapter 1964), Consultant Engineers Council United States (vice president 1970-1971), Consultant Engineers Council California (president 1969) Clubs: Engineers (secretary 1938), Masons.
Connections
Married Maxine Leiter, October 20, 1928 (deceased). Children: Roselyn Anne, Max Leiter (deceased). Married Margaret Penry, September 2, 1979.
