Background
Mcwhorter, Roger Barton was born on July 31, 1888 in Riverton, Alabama, United States. Son of George Tilghman (Doctor of Medicine and Mary Susan (Terry) McW.
Mcwhorter, Roger Barton was born on July 31, 1888 in Riverton, Alabama, United States. Son of George Tilghman (Doctor of Medicine and Mary Susan (Terry) McW.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1909, Civil Engineer, 1913.
1 son, Robert Tweedy. Married second, Anne Lane Martin, February 19, 1947. Rodman and inspector, Tennessee River improvements, Colbert Shoals Canal, 1908.
With Corps of Engineers on construction Hales Bar Dam (Tennessee) surveys of Tennessee River, and Muscle Shoals (Alabama) investigations, 1909-1916.
Assistant engineer and division engineer Miami Conservancy District, Dayton and Hamilton, O., 1916-1923. General superintendent construction Wilson Dam hydroelectric development, Muscle Shoals, 1923-1925.
United States engineer Saint Lawrence Waterway Project, 1925-1926. Construction engineering Orleans Levee District, New Orleans and Washington, District of Columbia, 1926-1928.
Principal Corps of Engineers on Mississippi River flood control work, New Orleans, 1928-1930.
Principal engineer Great Lakes Division, United States Engineer Department, 1930-1931. Chief engineer Federal Power Commission from 1931.
Member International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, from 1939, acting chairman United States section, 1944. Member Bonneville advisory board, 1938-1946. Member International Committee of engineers in charge of construction of submerged weir in Niagara River above Niagara Falls, 1942-1946.
Lieutenant colonel Engineer Reserves, United States Army.
Member American Society Civil Engineer, Society of America Military Engineers, Washington Engineering Society. Club: Cosmos.
Married Katherine Beaufort Tweedy, October 25, 1916 (died 1936). Married second, Anne Lane Martin, February 19, 1947.