Philip John Coffey

Background

Coffey, Philip John was born on December 6, 1910 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Mildred (Knappett) Coffey.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1933. Master of Arts in Journalism, University Colorado, 1970.

Career

With United States Public Health Service, Chicago, San Francisco, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Cincinnati, Denver, 1936—1942. Sanitary hydraulic engineer California Departments Financial and Water Resources, San Francisco, Sacramento, 1946—1948.

Engineer Institute Inter-American Affairs, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1949—1951. Sanitary hydraulic engineer California Departments Financial and Water Resources, San Francisco, Sacramento, 1951—1957. San engineer director United States Public Health Service, Chicago, San Francisco, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Cincinnati, Denver, 1957—1968. Special examination commissioner California Board Registration for Professional Engineers, Sacramento, 1952. Member technical advisory committee California Senate Committee Radiation Protection, Sacramento, 1956—1957.

Member faculty Water and Sewage Plant Operators' School, University Colorado, 1966—1967. Served to lieutenant colonel C.E. United States Army, 1942-1946.

Achievements

• Philip John Coffey has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of DAV, Retired Officers Association, Masons, Kappa Tau Alpha.

Connections

Married Lydia Spomer, August 15, 1942. 1 child Cecil.

Father:

John Coffey

Mother:

Mildred (Knappett) Coffey

Spouse:

Lydia Spomer

child:

Cecil Coffey