Background
WALTER, Raymond F. was born on October 31, 1873 in Chicago, 111.
Chief engineer Bureau of Reclamation
WALTER, Raymond F. was born on October 31, 1873 in Chicago, 111.
Public Schools, Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado Agriculture College, Bachelor of Science, 1893, Continuing Education, 1929.
Collins, Colorado Civil Engineer, Greeley, Colorado, 1902. Engineer, charge construction Belle Fourche, South Dakota Irrigation Project, 08, Supervising Engineer charge, Rocky Mountain. Division. (Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota), 1909-1915, Assistant Chief of Construction, United States Reclamation Service, 1916-1922.
Assistant Chief Engineer, same, 1922-1924. Chief Engineer, Bureau. of Reclamation. In charge construction, operation, maintenance of 25 Federation Irrigation Projects cost §200,000,000, annual expenditure §10,000,000, also in charge construction Boulder Canyon Dam, Nevada-Arizona, estimated cost §70,- 000,000 (highest dam in world).
Also proposed All-American Canal (Imperial Valley) California, estimated cost $38,000,- Member: American Society Civil Engineers. Mason; Shriner; National. Geographical. Society.
Spouse Lillian Leon Phillips, November 26, 1896, Fort.