Background
Dickey, Samuel Jackson was born on December 17, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Ebenezer and Mary Elizabeth (Worth) Dickey.
Dickey, Samuel Jackson was born on December 17, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Ebenezer and Mary Elizabeth (Worth) Dickey.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanics Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1904.
Engineer, United Gas Improvement Company, Philadelphia, 1904-1912. Engineer and superintendent Syracuse Lighting Company, (New York), 1912-1916. Superintendent experimental work United Gas Improvement Company, Philadelphia, 1917.
Refining engineer, General Petroleum Corporation California, Los Angeles, 1919-1923, construction engineering, 1923-1926, vice-president, director manufacturing, 1926-1940, president, 1941-1948, retired Consultant engineer, toluol development, manufacture from petroleum, Ordnance Department, United States Army, during World War I.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, Sigma Xi. Clubs: California (Los Angeles).
Married Lucretia Mott Shortlidge. Children: Jane Shortlidge (Mistress Lloyd I. Porter), Samuel Worth.