Background
Rowe, Raphael Robinson was born on August 26, 1896 in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Edwin and Eckka M. (Robinson) Rowe.
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Raphael Robinson Rowe
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Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1916. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1918.
Career
With United States Geological Survey, Utah, Nevada, 1920-1923. Construction engineering Allen & Rowe, San Diego, 1926-1933. Associate bridge engineer San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 1933-1937.
Associate hydraulic engineer United States Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska, 1937-1938.
Senior engineer bridge department California Division highways, 1938-1947, supervising engineer, 1947-1956, principal engineer, 1956-1960. Examination commissioner Board Registration for Civil Engineers, 1945-1960.
Lecturer engineering Sacramento State College, 1954-1957.
Achievements
Religion
Baptism should be administered to those who can understand the Christian faith and the true meaning of the rite.
Membership
Served as Second lieutenant Engineers, United States Army, 1918-1919. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (national director 1955-1958), American Geophysical Union, International Association Hydraulic Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Highway Research Board, Engineering Council Sacramento Valley (chairman 1955), Structural Engineers Association Central California, National Society Professional Engineers, Chi Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha (national treasurer 1920). Mason (Shriner).; Club: Hiawatha Sportsman’s (planning consultant) (Engadine, Michigan).
Connections
Married Edythe Evelyn Reily, November 9, 1918. Children: Edythe Almeda (Mistress Meda Collins), Edwin Robinson, Richard Reily.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Baptist -
Political Party
Republican