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Lingan Strother Randolph

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Lingan Strother Randolph

Birth
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA
Death
7 Mar 1922 (aged 62)
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.403861, Longitude: -76.603761
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Biography in "Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life; a Collection of Biographies of the Leading Men in the State", Volume 3, published 1907, pages 334-337. Photo from this publication in the public domain.

The son of James Lingan and Emily Strother, he attended the Shenandoah Valley Academy from 1873 to 1876. After a year at the Virginia Military Institute, he moved to the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he graduated in mechanical engineer in 1883.

He married Fanny Robbins of Maryland, Oct. 15, 1890.
Their children:
1. James L. R., born about 1892 in Maryland
2. Robbins O., born about 1895 in Virginia
3. Emily, born about 1897 in Virginia
4. L. Strother, Jr., born 1903 in Blacksburg, VA.

Randolph started his career working for various railroads as test engineer and made it superintendent of motive power of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1893 he was appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1893 at Virginia Tech, where he retired in 1918. From 1902 to 1913 he had also been Head of the department of Mechanical Engineering, and from 1913 to 1918 Dean of the Department of Engineering.

Randolph was Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since his election on May 2, 1888. At Virginia Tech there is the Randolph Hall named after him and there is a L.S. Randolph chair for mechanical engineer.


Biography in "Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life; a Collection of Biographies of the Leading Men in the State", Volume 3, published 1907, pages 334-337. Photo from this publication in the public domain.

The son of James Lingan and Emily Strother, he attended the Shenandoah Valley Academy from 1873 to 1876. After a year at the Virginia Military Institute, he moved to the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he graduated in mechanical engineer in 1883.

He married Fanny Robbins of Maryland, Oct. 15, 1890.
Their children:
1. James L. R., born about 1892 in Maryland
2. Robbins O., born about 1895 in Virginia
3. Emily, born about 1897 in Virginia
4. L. Strother, Jr., born 1903 in Blacksburg, VA.

Randolph started his career working for various railroads as test engineer and made it superintendent of motive power of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1893 he was appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1893 at Virginia Tech, where he retired in 1918. From 1902 to 1913 he had also been Head of the department of Mechanical Engineering, and from 1913 to 1918 Dean of the Department of Engineering.

Randolph was Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since his election on May 2, 1888. At Virginia Tech there is the Randolph Hall named after him and there is a L.S. Randolph chair for mechanical engineer.




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