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Robert LeRoy Cochran (1886-1963) —
of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Avoca, Cass
County, Neb., January
28, 1886.
Son of Charles A. Cochran and Jane (Wilkinson) Cochran.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Nebraska, 1935-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Died February
23, 1963 (age 77 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Glen Edgar Edgerton (1887-1976) —
Born in Parkerville, Morris
County, Kan., April 17,
1887.
Son of John Edgar Edgerton and Alice (Green) Edgerton.
Engineer;
Major General, U.S. Army; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1940-44.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1976
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Roy G. Finch (b. 1884) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Eagle Bridge, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
17, 1884.
Son of George Nelson Finch and Helen (Hunt) Finch.
Republican. Engineer;
New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Society of Civil Engineers; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Franklin Foreman (b. 1933) —
also known as Ed Foreman —
of Las Cruces, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Born in Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M., December
22, 1933.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 2nd District, 1969-71; defeated,
1970.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Still living as of 1998.
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Fred B. Greenleaf (b. 1883) —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, August
15, 1883.
Son of John A. Greenleaf and Etta M. (Knight) Greenleaf.
Republican. Engineer
for International Paper
Co.; treasurer and manager, Greenleaf Construction
Co.; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1923-29; member of Maine
state senate 4th District, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Greenleaf and Etta M. (Knight) Greenleaf; married, June 10,
1914, to Mary Margaret Jones; father of Laurie Jones (killed in
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Harold L. Heiner —
also known as Hal Heiner —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Civil
engineer; real estate
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 2008;
candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 2010.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Still living as of 2010.
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Theodore Henry Hinchman (1869-1936) —
also known as Theodore H. Hinchman —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 24,
1869.
Son of John Marshall Hinchman (1845-1905) and Ella Kate (Cropsey)
Hinchman (1846-1876).
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; engineer;
village
president of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Society of Civil
Engineers.
Died in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich., July 16,
1936 (age 67 years, 22
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Martin Anthony Matich (1927-2008) —
also known as Martin Matich —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., September
6, 1927.
Son of John Matich and Williamina (Davidson) Matich.
Engineer;
grading
contractor; his company built over 1,000 miles of roads,
including major expressways and interchanges, as well as airport
runways, flood control channels, landfills, and major buildings; mayor of
Colton, Calif., 1958-60; director, San Bernardino Community Hospital.
Catholic.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Navy
League; American
Arbitration Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
A 22-mile section of Highway 30, from Redlands to Fontana, was named for
him in 2006.
Died in San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., April 19,
2008 (age 80 years, 226
days).
Interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Colton, Calif.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julian Larcombe Schley (1880-1965) —
of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone (now Panama).
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
23, 1880.
Son of Jordan Schley and Eliza Ann (Larcombe) Schley.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant colonel, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers;
Governor
of Panama Canal Zone, 1932-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Died March 29,
1965 (age 85 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horatio Seymour, Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Son of John Forman Seymour (1814-1890) and Frances Antill (Tappan)
Seymour (1815-1860).
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Matthews Vauclain (1856-1940) —
also known as Samuel M. Vauclain —
of Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 18,
1856.
Son of Andrew Constant Vauclain and Mary Ann (Campbell) Vauclain.
Republican. Locomotive
manufacturer; inventor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920.
French
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Philosophical Society.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Rosemont, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
4, 1940 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Church
of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
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James Stephen Watkins (b. 1892) —
also known as J. Stephen Watkins —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in London, Laurel
County, Ky., November
14, 1892.
Son of Nathaniel Watkins and Dorcas (Chesnut) Watkins.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; Kentucky Highway Commissioner, 1943-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960.
Christian.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Sigma
Nu; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary; Newcomen
Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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