Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Worcester, Richard Hoe July 28, 1881 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com January 19, 2012, 8:30 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist RICHARD HOE WORCESTER, Sales Engineer. After being engaged in mining engineering for eighteen years in Michigan, Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico and other portions of North America, Richard H. Worcester came to Honolulu in August, 1920, and opened his own office, specializing in sales engineering. He handles car parts, steel and bronze castings, special equipment and gearings as produced by C. M. Lovested & Co. of Seattle, the Tool Steel Gear & Pinion Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio; Edgewater Steel Co. of Pittsburg, Pa.; Yarnall-Waring Co. of Philadelphia, Pa., and other large concerns. Mr. Worcester’s first position was as assistant engineer for the Oliver Iron Mining Co. of Ironwood, Mich., where he was employed from 1902 to 1904. He then joined Phelps-Dodge & Co., a New York copper mining company, and worked as construction engineer at their coal mines in Dawson, New Mexico, and elsewhere for more than twelve years. Born in West Campton, N. H., on July 28, 1881, Mr. Worcester is the son of Albert A. and Nellie (Kimball) Worcester. He attended the public schools of Detroit and in 1902 was graduated from the Michigan College of Mines, Houghton, Mich. In 1908 he married Charlotte Baker of Los Angeles, Calif., and they have three children, Richard Jr., Mary Alice and Douglas John Worcester. Mr. Worcester is a Mason, an Elk, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial and Honolulu Ad Clubs. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/worceste677bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb