Background
Gregory, William Benjamin was born on March 13, 1871 in Penn Yan, New York, United States. Son of Ezra Eugene and Mary Elizabeth (Bush) Gregory.
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William Benjamin Gregory, American engineer. Awarded Warner medal by American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1940 for distinguished work in hydraulic engineering. Major engrs., United States.R.; service with American Expeditionary Forces in France, October 1917-January 1919; colonel (inactive), United States Engineers Reserve Corps. Decorated Order of Purple Heart and awarded citation.
Education
Graduate Penn Yan Academy, 1890. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell, 1894, post-graduate work, 1907-1908, master mechanic engineering, 1908.
Career
Instructor drawing, Tulane University, 1894-1897, assistant professor experimental engineering, 1897-1902, associate professor, 1902-1905, professor 1905-1938, professor emeritus experimental engineering and hydraulics since 1938. Irrigation engineer, unites states department Agriculture. Summer vacations devoted largely to the latter work and to drainage work (specialty rice irrigation) since 1902.
Consultant engineer Mississippi River Commission, in tests of hydraulic dredges, 1903. Construction engineering to the United States Army Engineers in hydraulic tests, Bonnet Carre Spillway, 1928-1929. President New Orleans Academy Sciences, 1914.
Membership
Member Engineering Committee, “Safe River,” New Orleans. Member advising committee National Hydraulic Laboratory. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (council 1916-1919.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (life), Louisiana Engineering Society (president 1910. Member); Club: Round Table (honorary 1942).
Connections
Married Selina Elizabeth Bres, June 21, 1898. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Henry S. Ferris, now deceased), William Bres, Angela.
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Awarded Warner medal by American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1940 for distinguished work in hydraulic engineering. Major engrs., United States.R. Service with American Expeditionary Forces in France, October 1917-January 1919. Colonel (inactive), United States Engineers Reserve Corps. Decorated Order of Purple Heart and awarded citation.Awarded Warner medal by American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1940 for distinguished work in hydraulic engineering. Major engrs., United States.R. Service with American Expeditionary Forces in France, October 1917-January 1919.
Colonel (inactive), United States Engineers Reserve Corps. Decorated Order of Purple Heart and awarded citation.