Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Mead, Elwood 
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  MEAD, Elwood: U. S. Commissioner of Reclamation. Office address, Interior
Bldg., Washington. D. C. Born at Patriot, Indiana, January 16th, 1858; son of
Daniel and Lucinda M. Mead; married to (1) Florence S. Chase, 1882; (2) Mary
Lewis, 1906. Educated at B. S. Purdue University, 1882, M. S. 1884 (D. Engr.
1904), C. E., Iowa State College, 1883. Came to California in 1898 from Indiana.
U. S. Commissioner of Reclamation; Asst. Engr. U. S. Engrs.. 1882-83; Prof. in
Colo.  Agrl. Coll., 1883-84 and 1886- 88; territorial and State Engr. of Wyo.,
1888- 99; Chief Irrigation and Drg. Investigation, U. S. Dept. of Agr.,
1897-1907; Prof. Institutions and practice of irrigation, U. of Col., 1898-1907;
Chmn. State Rivers and Water Supply Comn., Victoria Australia, 1907-15; Prof.
Rural Instns, U. of Cal., 1915, and Chmn. Land Settlement Bldg. Special Advisor
on Reclamation to Secy, of Interior, 1923-24. Clubs: Am. Soc. C. E.; British
Inst. C. E.; Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C; Faculty Club, Berkeley, California.
Residence. 1539 I St., N. W., Washington. D. C.

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Men of California
Western Personalities and their Affiliations
With Club Memberships and Civic Associations

ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF MEN
With Biographs of their Activities

Published by
WESTERN PRESS REPORTER, INC.
San Francisco - Los Angeles


Copyright, 1925, by
W. C. Wolfe, Managing Editor
In Collaboration with Assistants


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