Background
Leach, Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on June 6, 1874 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett) Leach.
Leach, Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on June 6, 1874 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett) Leach.
Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1898.
With University of Pennsylvania and Schuylkill Electrical Railway Company, 1895-1896. Treasurer and director Philadelphia Construction Company, and Philadelphia Carolina Equipment Company, 1897.
Cashier Norfolk & Ocean View Railway & Hotel Company, 1899.
Testing engineer American Stoker Company, New York, 1900-1902. Research in manufacture of Portland cement treatment of ores, and dissociation of hydrogen in steam at high temperatures, in cement manufacture, 1902-1903.
Experimental engineer Eldred Process Company, 1904. Manager stoker department Westinghouse Machine Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1905-1907.
Manager Castalia Portland Cement Company, 1908-1909.
North.E. manager American Engineering Company, 1910-1919. General representative same company, Philadelphia, since 1919.
Member 1st Pennsylvania Volumes, Spanish-American War, 1898. Member American Society Mechanics Engineers, National Electric Light Association, American Electric Railway Association, Engineers’.
Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner).
Clubs: Blue Room, Square & Compass (Boston).
Married Avis Spurr Standing, of Boston, Massachusetts, October 20, 1910 (deceased).