Background
Sprong, Severn D. was born on October 27, 1873 in East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Son of Willard D. and Pauline A. (Melius) Sprong.
Sprong, Severn D. was born on October 27, 1873 in East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Son of Willard D. and Pauline A. (Melius) Sprong.
Education public and private schools and under tutelage.
West. Superintendent electrical department, Consolidated Gas Company of New Jersey, Long Branch, New Jersey, 1898-1901. Chief engineer Central Electric Company, Metuchen, New Jersey, 1901-1902. Assistant chief electrical engineer, New York Edison Company, 1902-1907.
Assistant electrical engineer United Electric Light & Power Company, New York, 1907-1910.
Chief electrical engineer, J. G. White Company, New York, 1910-1912. Electrical engineer, Brooklyn Edison Company, 1912-1922.
Vice president Orange County Public Service Corporation, 1922. President Engineering Products Corporation since 1924.
Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (vice president 1912-1913). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York Electrical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Clubs: Engineers’ (New York), Lawyers, Montauk.
Married Margaret A. McMullen, October 21, 1897.