Lake Mead, America's largest man-made reservoir, was named after Dr. Elwood Mead who oversaw the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Washington, Jan. 26 (AP). - Dr. Elwood Mead, Reclamation Commissioner since 1924, died tonight at his home here after a week's illness. Associates said his death was due to his age and thrombosis. He celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday on Jan. 16. He was Territorial engineer for Wyoming for eleven years, beginning in 1888, and was head of the Agriculture Department's irrigation and drainage investigation in the early part of this century. He served for a time as professor at Colorado Agricultural College and was Professor of Irrigation Practices at the University of California from 1898 to 1907. He left the latter institution to become chairman of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria, Australia. He returned in 1915 to resume his California professorship. Mr. Mead was born in Patriot, Ind., and was graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1882. He held a civil engineering degree from Iowa State College and Doctorate of Laws from the university of Michigan. Dr. Mead, who had devoted his life to problems of drainage and irrigation, was one of the greatest engineers of his type in the world. As chief of the Bureau of Reclamation, following appointment by President Coolidge, he had supervision of irrigation works involving the construction of many of the largest dams in the Untied States, most of them projects for the development of electric power. (Published in The New York Times on January 27, 1936)
Lake Mead, America's largest man-made reservoir, was named after Dr. Elwood Mead who oversaw the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Washington, Jan. 26 (AP). - Dr. Elwood Mead, Reclamation Commissioner since 1924, died tonight at his home here after a week's illness. Associates said his death was due to his age and thrombosis. He celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday on Jan. 16. He was Territorial engineer for Wyoming for eleven years, beginning in 1888, and was head of the Agriculture Department's irrigation and drainage investigation in the early part of this century. He served for a time as professor at Colorado Agricultural College and was Professor of Irrigation Practices at the University of California from 1898 to 1907. He left the latter institution to become chairman of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria, Australia. He returned in 1915 to resume his California professorship. Mr. Mead was born in Patriot, Ind., and was graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1882. He held a civil engineering degree from Iowa State College and Doctorate of Laws from the university of Michigan. Dr. Mead, who had devoted his life to problems of drainage and irrigation, was one of the greatest engineers of his type in the world. As chief of the Bureau of Reclamation, following appointment by President Coolidge, he had supervision of irrigation works involving the construction of many of the largest dams in the Untied States, most of them projects for the development of electric power. (Published in The New York Times on January 27, 1936)
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Mary Catherine Mead
Daughter Of
Elwood And Mary Mead
1906 - 1928
Mary Lewis Mead
Beloved Wife Of
Dr. Elwood Mead
August 12, 1873
July 10, 1953
Dr. Elwood Mead
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Mary Lewis Mead
January 16, 1858
January 26, 1936
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