Bio of FULLER, Harry W. (b.1868), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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HARRY W. FULLER - Vol II, pg 253
Since 1918 Harry W. Fuller has been one of the leading business men of
Minneapolis. He is vice president in charge of operations of the Northern States
Power Company. A native of New York, he was born in New York city on the 14th of
June, 1868, a son of Charles W. and Matilda B. (Williams) Fuller.
When he was but a child the family of Harry W. Fuller moved to New Jersey and he
received his early education in the public schools of that state. Subsequently
he enrolled in Rutgers and he was graduated from that institution with the class
of 1891. He had specialized in electrical engineering and immediately after
leaving college accepted a position with a large concern in Paterson, New
Jersey. For a period of seven years he was with the Consolidated Traction
Company and the New Jersey Street Railroad Company, now the Public Service
Company of New Jersey. Subsequently he accepted the position of manager for the
Washington Railway & Electric Company of Washington, D. C., with which firm he
remained for a period of eleven years. He then became associated with H. M.
Byllesby & Company of Chicago, and was made vice president of the Appalachian
Power Company, which concern was engaged in the construction of hydro-electric
developments in Virginia and West Virginia. In 1911 he was transferred to the
home office in Chicago, remaining there some six years. In February, 1918, he
became vice president in charge of operations of the Northern States Power
Company and as such has charge of all operations for this enterprise. He has
gained an enviable position for himself among the leading engineers of the
country and in the line of his work he is identified with the American Institute
of Electric Engineers, the American Electric Railway Association, the National
Electric Light Association and the Illuminating Engineering Society.
On the 16th of October, 1901, Mr. Fuller was united in marriage to Miss Myra
Shepard, a daughter of Henry B. Shepard of New York city. Politically Mr. Fuller
is a stanch supporter of the republican party. Although the greater part of his
time and attention is devoted to his business interests, Mr. Fuller is a member
of the Minneapolis, Lafayette, White Bear Yacht, Lincoln, Automobile and
University clubs.