Background
Knapp, Walter Irving was born on July 15, 1899 in Austinburg, Ohio, United States. Son of William G. and Laura I. (Tallman) Knapp.
Knapp, Walter Irving was born on July 15, 1899 in Austinburg, Ohio, United States. Son of William G. and Laura I. (Tallman) Knapp.
Student Case School Applied Science, Cleveland, 1919-1920. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Ohio Northern University, 1923.
Student design and lighting in architecture Cranbrook Academy Art, 1935-1936.
Louise. Junior engineer, electrical and sales engineer Wilson-Painter Electrical Company, Canton, O., 1923-1926. Lighting engineer and sales Netting Company, Detroit, 1926-1932.
President, design engineer Lighting Corporation, Detroit, 1932-1934.
Lighting design engineer Detroit Edison Company, 1934-1944. Product design, development and Marketing, Detroit, from 1944.
Work includes sunray finishing machine for stainless steel ware, plastics top fillet, seaming bridge for plastic counter tops, door actuated elevator cabinet, V arm metal secondary electric pole design, vertirail Massachusetts transit system also designed all-purpose assessory light stanchion, Metropolitan Civic Centers. Private research, guided missile control and space techniques.
Collaborator on design of bi-level stabilized rapid transit system, 1971.
Registered professional engineer, Michigan.
Member Engineering Society Detroit (director 1942-1945), Delta Sigma Phi.
Married Ruth L. Snyder, May 7, 1924.