Walter Kavanagh MacAdam

Background

MacAdam, Walter Kavanagh was born on November 16, 1913 in New York City. Son of John Moore and Mary (Kavanagh) MacA.

Education

Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1937.

Career

With, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1937-1968; with long lines department, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1951-1953, 54-56; superintendent engring, Distant Early Warning radar installation in Arctic for Western Electric Company, 1953-1954; transmission engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1956-1959; building and equipment engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1959; assistant chief engineer, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1959-1960; vice president defense, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1960-1968; vice president engineering, New York Telephone Сompany, 1968-1973; construction engineering, since 1973.

Membership

Board directors United Engineering Trustees, 1965-1973, president, 1971. Member New Hampshire Legislation Academy of Sciences and Technology, 1980-1982, New Hampshire Advisory Panel on Public Utility Legislation, 1985-1986. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (director 1963-1968, president 1967 Centennial medal).

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society Professional Engineers, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu. Clubs: Knights of Columbus (4 degree).

Connections

Married Rilla Reed, January 30, 1941. Children: Ann (Mistress Richard vonHoorn), Marie (Mistress Paul Hoffman), Clair (Mistress Bruno Aimi), Daniel, David, Barbara.

Father:

John Moore MacA.

Mother:

Mary (Kavanagh) MacA.

Spouse:

Rilla Reed

child:

Daniel MacAdam

child:

Marie MacAdam (Mistress Paul Hoffman)

child:

Ann MacAdam (Mistress Richard vonHoorn)

child:

Barbara MacAdam

child:

Clair MacAdam (Mistress Bruno Aimi)

child:

David MacAdam