Background
Gookin, William Scudder was born on September 8, 1914 in Atlanta, Georgia. Son of William Cleveland and Susie (Jaudon) Gookin.
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William Scudder Gookin
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1937.
Career
Engineer, United States Geological Survey, Tucson, 1937-1938; inspector, City of Tucson, 1938-1939; steel designer, Allison Steel Manufacturing Company, Phoenix, 1939-1940; engineer, Bureau Reclamation, various locations, 1940-1953; chief engineer, San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District, Coolidge, Arizona, 1953-1958; chief engineer, Arizona Interstate Stream Commission, Phoenix, 1956-1962; state water engineer, Arizona Interstate Stream Commission, Phoenix, 1962-1968; administrator, Arizona Power Authority, Phoenix, 1958-1960; construction engineering, Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1968. Member Executive Committee Center Arizona Project Association, Phoenix, since 1985.
Achievements
Membership
Democratic committeeman State of Arizona, 1979-1984. Arizona member Committee of 14, Western States Water Council. Episcopal lay reader.
Served to Second lieutenant C.E., United States Army, 1938-1942. Fellow American Society Civil Engineers. Member National Society of Professional Engineers (outstanding engineer project 1988), National Water Resources Association (small projects committee), Colorado River Water Users' Association, State Bar Arizona (associate), Association Western State Engineer (president), American Legion, Culver Legion, Order of the Engineer, Mason, Chi Epsilon.
Connections
Married Mildred Hartman, September 4, 1937. Children: William Scudder Junior, Thomas Allen Jaudon.
