Background
Hovey, Otis Ellis was born on April 9, 1864 in E. Hardwick, Vermont, United States. Son of Jabez Wadsworth and Hannah Catherine (Montgomery) Hovey.
Hovey, Otis Ellis was born on April 9, 1864 in E. Hardwick, Vermont, United States. Son of Jabez Wadsworth and Hannah Catherine (Montgomery) Hovey.
Bachelor of Science, Dartmouth College, 1885. Civil Engineer, Thayer School of Civil Engineering, Dartmouth, 1889. Doctor of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 1927.
Doctor of Science, Clarkson College, 1933.
Engineer Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad, Vermont, 1885-1886. Draughtsman Edge Moor Iron Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1887. Assistant engineer for David Herbert&Bachelor of Arts Tower, Holyoke, Massachusetts, in charge of Dam at Chicopee, Massachusetts, and various improvements in paper mills, 1888.
Instructor civil engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1889-1890.
Assistant engineer with George South. Morison, engaged on bridge designs, in Mississippi valley and other engineering work, 1890-1896. Engineer Union Bridge Company, New York, and Athens, Pennsylvania, 1896-1900.
In engineering department since 1900. Assistant chief engineer, 1907-1931, construction engineering, 1931-1934, American Bridge Company.
Private practice since 1934.
Director The Engineering Foundation since 1937.
Member of the board overseers Thayer School of Civ. Engineering (Dartmouth). Club: Engineers.
Married Martha West. Owen, September 15, 1891. Children: Otis Wadsworth, Mistress Ellen Catherine Davis.