Background
Chedsey, William Reuel was born on February 11, 1887 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Son of Nathan L. and Florence (Earhart) Chedsey.
Chedsey, William Reuel was born on February 11, 1887 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Son of Nathan L. and Florence (Earhart) Chedsey.
Graduate Manual Training School, Denver, Colorado, 1904. Engineer of Mines, Colorado School of Mines, 1908. Doctor of Engineering 1938.
Graduate courses in electrical and mechanic engineering, University of Idaho, 1908-1910.
Instructor surveying Colorado School of Mines, 1906-1908. Director of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, and director of Missouri State Mining Experiment Station, 1937-1941. Consulting mining engineer, Golden, Colorado, 1941-1943.
Consultant, United States Navy, Washington, District of Columbia, from 1943.
State chief of training, Ohio War Manpower Commission, and research consultant on fuels, Ohio State University, Engineering Experiment Station, 1944-1946. Professor of mining engineering, University of Illinois, from 1946.
United States Government Engineering Education Mission to Japan, 1951. Consulting practice and mine examinations in many states.
Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (chairman Education Division, 1940, 41).
Married Cora Belle Sapp, 1915 (deceased). Married second, Elizabeth Slattery Granger, May 9, 1949. Children: William J. (deceased) George L., Frank East., Charles B.