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Mead, Elwood (1858 - 1936)
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Civil engineer
Born: 16 January 1858  Patriot, Indiana, United States of America.  Died: 26 January 1936  Washington, United States of America.
Elwood Mead was born in the USA and came to Australia to act as Chairman of the Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (1907 to 1915). Prior to this he worked at Colorado State Agricultural College, rapidly becoming Professor of Irrigation Engineering. He then went on to become State Engineer in Wyoming and Director of irrigation investigations with the Department of Agriculture (1899-1907). He worked part time for the University of California at Berkeley during this last post. Once Mead returned to the States in 1915 he took up a position of Professor of Rural Institutions at University of California. Lake Mead, near Boulder Dam, is named after him.
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1882Bachelor of Science (BS) completed at Purdue University, USA
1883Certificate (?) of Engineering (CE) completed at the Iowa State College of Agriculture, USA
1884Master of Science (MS) completed at Purdue University
1899 - 1907Director of Irrigation Investigations with the Colorado(?) Department of Agriculture, USA
1904Diploma in Engineering completed at Purdue University
1907 - c. 1914Chairman of the Victorian Government's State Rivers and Water Supply Commission
1915 - 1924Professor of Rural Institutions at the University of California, USA
1924 - Federal Commissioner for reclamation, USA

 
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