Background
Alford, Newell Gilder was born on December 11, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Reuben Gilder and Mary Ellen (DuBree) Alford.
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Newell Gilder Alford
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AB, Swarthmore College, 1909. Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering, University Pittsburgh.
Career
With engineering corps, United States Coal & Coke Company, Gary, West Virginia, summers, 1907-1908;
with, Illinois Steel Company, Joliet, 1909;
with, St. Bernard Mining Company, Earlington, Kentucky, 1910-1920;
mine superintendent and assistant chief engineer, St. Bernard Mining Company, Earlington, Kentucky, 1913-1919;
chief engineer, assistant to president, St. Bernard Mining Company, Earlington, Kentucky, 1920;
owner firm consultant mining engineers, from 1920. Individual consultant practice, coal property appraisal, development, operations in North America. General manager, treasurer, board directors Clover Splint Coal Company, 1923-1944.
Trustee Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation, 1939-1940.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (board directors 1949-1951, chairman coal division 1942, 1st chairman coal division commission on coal mining engineering scholarships 1937-1941), Coal Mining Institute American (president 1940), American Mining Congress (Chairman of Commission mining depreciation study), American Standards Association (chairman mining standards board), Illinois Mining Institute, Engineers Society Western Pennsylvania, Minig Society Nova Scoti, Mine Rescue Veterans, West Virginia Mining Institute, Kentucky History Society, Society War of 1812, UniversityClub, Duquesne Club, Book and Key Club (Swarthmore), Society Friends, Delta Upsilon.
Connections
Married Caroline Farren Atkinson, June 27, 1912. Children: Newell Gilder, Frances Lydia.
Education
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1909
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