Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Foss, John Harrison January 7, 1879 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JOHN HARRISON FOSS, Civil Engineer. Ten years of service on the faculty of 
Stanford University failed to dispel the charm that Hawaii had laid upon John 
H. Foss during his employment in the islands from 1903 to 1907 and he returned 
to the Territory in 1918 to assume his present position as engineer for a 
number of extensive Maui industries.
  Born in California on Jan. 7, 1879, he is the son of James C. and Lavinia D. 
Foss. He was educated at Stanford University, A.B., 1903. Mr. Foss came to the 
islands and was associated with the Maui Agricultural Co. as engineer from 
1903 to 1907, when he was recalled to the mainland as a member of the faculty 
of his alma mater. He resigned in 1918 to return to the islands and accept his 
present position of engineer for the Maui Agricultural Co., Hawaiian 
Commercial and Sugar Co., Kahului Railroad Co., and the East Maui Irrigation 
Co.
  He is a member of Sigma Psi, honorary scientific fraternity, a 32nd degree 
Mason, Shriner, and a member of the American Society of Engineers.


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