"John Lyle Harrington, internationally-known engineer, died early today at the Research hospital following a stroke of paralysis suffered a few days ago. Although he had not retired from his duties with Harrington & Cortelyou engineers, he had been ill more than a year. He was 73 years old.

Responsible during his lifetime for the design and construction of more than 100 million dollars worth of bridges, his contracts for construction have been in all sections of the United States, in Canada, Russia and New Zealand.

Mr. Harrington was born in Lawrence, Kas., and was reared on a farm near De Soto, Kas. He attended the University of Kansas where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. While he was still in college, he worked without pay during the summer months for Dr. J. A. L. Waddell, a consulting engineer here. He entered the Waddell firm following his graduation and in the next twelve years held eleven positions in eleven different firms. Within two and one-half years he was put in charge of designing and organizing the operation of the structural shops of the Cambria Steel company at Johnstown, Pa.

In 1905 he was made chief engineer and manager of the Locomotive and Machine company of Montreal. He returned here in 1907 when the firm of Waddell & Harrington was organized. Harrington, Howard & Ash, consulting engineers, was founded in 1914. Mr. Harrington remained with that firm until it was dissolved in 1928. He had been with Harrington & Cortelyou since then.

Following the first world war, Harrington and his associates contributed to the industrial growth of Russia by constructing several bridges across the Don River at Rostov. He also built six bridges across the Chesapeake and Delaware canal and eighteen across the Welland canal. His bridges span the San Francisco Bay, the Ohio River at Paducah, Ky., and the Missouri at St Louis, Kansas City, Blair, Neb., and Rulo, Neb. He constructed the Twelfth street viaduct here.

He was a member of the University club, the Mission Hills Country club, and Tau Beta Pi engineering fraternity. In 1922 he was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was chosen a member of the board of trustees of Robert College, Turkey, in 1927.

Enthusiastic about self education and progress, Mr. Harrington often supported his beliefs by pointing out that he had obtained only 5 percent of his theoretical training in college. He kept a record of the number of books read since his school days and discovered the total to be nearly thirty times that of his formal education.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. June Harrington of the home, 4909 Belinder terrace, Johnson County, Kansas; a son, T. O. Harrington, also of Johnson County; a brother, Harry Harrington of Chicago; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o'clock Friday at the Stine & McClure Chapel, 3235 Gillham Plaza." The Kansas City Star, May 20, 1942

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"Harrington, John Lyle: Consulting engineer. Born at Lawrence, Kansas, Dec. 7, 1868, son of Robert Charles and Angeline Virginia (Henry) Harrington; Educated at public schools and the Univ. of Kansas; A.B., B.S. and C.E. degrees from KU 1895; B.S. McGill Univ. 1906; M.S. McGill Univ., 1908; Sigma XI Society (honorary scientific).

He has invented three types of vertical lift bridges and designed many important structures, and has written various published addresses. He has also designed some thirty millon dollar' worth of machinery and bridges.

Member of the Tau Beta Pi Society.

Married Daisy June Orton, of White Cloud, Kansas, June 27, 1899.

Address: 2458 Forest Ave., Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.

Who's Who in the World, 1912