Background
Grafe, Paul was born on April 19, 1895 in Clay City, Indiana, United States. Son of John Henry and Margaret (Edmonds) Grafe.
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Paul Grafe
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Paul Grafe, American construction engineer, contractor. Decorated knight Equestrian Order of Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem; recipient Golden Beaver award for management, 1973. Served in engineering department Motor Transport Corps in France and Scotland, 1917-1919. Breeder thoroughbred and quarter horses, Aberdeen Angus cattle. Regent Loyola University, Los Angeles; Member Academy Political Science, Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Education
Graduate Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1920, Doctor of Engineering (honorary), 1950. Special study U. Glasgow (Scotland).
Career
Engineer Pennsylvania Railroad, 1919. Timekeeper, superintendent C.R. Cummins Company, constructing belt line for Pennsylvania Railroad in Detroit, also substructure for Marysville Power Plant for Detroit Edison Company. With Grafe-Callahan Construction Company, Los Angeles and Dallas, from 1922, in charge construction work, vice president, president, later Chairman of the Board.
Supervised Illinois River levee work, River De Pere’s sewer project in Saint Louis, Marseilles (Illinois) Canal, Mississippi River levees in Arkansas and Missouri, Bagnell Dam foundation on Osage River, Missouri, Madden Dam, Canal Zone, All-American Canal, California, dam and tunnels on Casper Alcova project, Wyoming, shafts, tunnels on Delaware Aqueduct for Board of Water Supply, City of New New York
Work on Shasta Dam, Central Valley Project, Redding, California, Prado Dam, Orange County Flood Control, California, Caddoa (Colorado) Dam, pipe and tunnel sections of San Diego Aqueduct, Granby Dam and pumping plant, Horsetooth Dam, Soldiers Canyon Dam on Colorado Big Thompson project, Hungry Horse Dam, Montana, Davis Dam, Arizona, Duchesne Tunnel, Utah, tunnels for City of Chicago, construction National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Colorado Springs, Titan Missile Base, Mountain Home, Idaho. Executive director on secret war work in Pacific, Northwest Canada and British Isles.
Constructing water tunnels Board Water Supply, New New York
Achievements
Membership
Served in engineering department Motor Transport Corps in France and Scotland, 1917-1919. Breeder thoroughbred and quarter horses, Aberdeen Angus cattle. Regent Loyola University, Los Los Angeles
Member Academy Political Science, Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Clubs: California, Los Angeles Country, Greater Los Angeles Press (Los Angeles).
Connections
Married Helen Louise Thickstun, December 11, 1917. Children: Helen, Louise, Paula.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Republican