| 1907 (November 23) |
Born, Madison, Wisconsin
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1929 |
A.B., University of Wisconsin
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1930 |
M.A., University of Wisconsin
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1930-1931 |
Research Statistician, Wisconsin Telephone Company
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1932-1935 |
Chief, Depreciation Section, Wisconsin Public Service Commission
|
1936-1937 |
Public Utilities Expert, Federal Communications Commission
|
1937 |
Technical Director, Kentucky Public Service Commission
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1938-1940 |
Chief Power Engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority
|
1940 |
Manager of Power, Tennessee Valley Authority
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1941 |
Chief Power Consultant, Office of Production Management
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1942 |
Deputy Director General for Priorities, War Production Board
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1943-1944 |
Vice Chairman and Director, Office of War Utilities, War Production Board
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1944 |
Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy
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1944-1945 |
Chairman, War Production Board
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1946-1949 |
Secretary of the Interior
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1949-1970 |
Chairman of the Board, Brookside Mills, Inc.
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1955-1956 |
Leader, United Nations Flood Control Mission to Pakistan
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1956-1970 |
Chairman of the Board, Volunteer Asphalt Company
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1970 (March 26) |
Died, Knoxville, Tennessee |