Background
Chevalier, Willard Townshend was born on January 29, 1886 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of William H. and Elizabeth J. (Kellett) Chevalier.
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Willard Townshend Chevalier, American publisher. Recipient John M. Goodell prize of American Water Works Association, 1934. Member corporation Polytechnic Institute; Member American Society of Civil Engineers (former director, president New York section 1928-1929), N.A.M., International Chamber of Commerce (trustee 1952), American Standards Association, American Water Works Association (Honorary.
Education
Graduated from the high school, Brooklyn. Student Cooper Union and Pratt Institute, New York City. Civil Engineer, Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, 1910.
Doctor Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1936, South Dakota School of Mines, 1938.
Career
Civil engineer with Arbuckle Brothers, Brooklyn, 1903-1905. With Consolidated Telegraph & Electrical Subway County, New York City, 1905-1910.
New York City Rapid Transit Subway constitution, 1910-1912.
With Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company, 1912-1916. Sales manager American Bitumastic Enamel Company, New York, 1916-1917.
General manager, 1919-1921. Consultant technical advertising and promotion work, 1921-1922.
Associate editor Engineering News-Record, 1922-1923, business manager, 1923-1927.
Publishing director сivil engineering and construction publications, McGraw-Hill Public Company, 1927-1938, vice-president and director since March 1934. Publisher Business Week, 1938-1945. Executive assistant to president, 1945-1950, executive vice president 1950-1955, vice president, executive assistant to the president, 1955-1957.
Director all McGraw-Hill Companies.
Consultant National Industrial Conference Board Anglo-American Council on Productivity, Mutual Security Agency, 1948-1951, member, 1951-1952. Captain, major and lieutenant colonel, 11th United States Engineers, France, World War I.
Colonel Civil Engineer Reserve, 1937-1948, Honorary Reserve, 1948-1950, retired, 1952.
Achievements
Membership
Member corporation Polytechnic Institute. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (former director, president New York section 1928-1929), North.A.M., International Chamber of Commerce (trustee 1952), American Standards Association, American Water Works Association (Honorary. Clubs: Brooklyn Engineers (past president), New York University.
Connections
Married Josephine Blackmore, June 12, 1911.
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Died
June 29, 1961 (aged 75) -
Resting place
Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn -
Nationality
American