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He was
married to Ruth May Becker, also on the
roster, my grandmother. He went on to
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution to
become a civil engineer of note.
Glens
Falls, N.Y., 1900—02; assistant
superintendent on the reconstruction of
the street railway system, Little Rock,
Ark., 1902-03; assistant superintendent
on construction of conduits and power
plant of Paxtang Electric Company,
Harrisburg, Pa.; assistant city
engineer, Utica, N.Y. 1903; assistant
engineer for State of N.Y., 1907—09;
private practice 1907—37. Also engineer
Lovejoy Company, 1909—13; assistant city
engineer, Lowell, Mass, 1913; chief
engineer, Consolidated Water Company,
Utica; resident engineer on the
construction of the electric railway and
ocean pier in Cienfuegos, Cuba
1917-1918; chief engineer and acting
manager, Metropolitan Utilities
District, Omaha, Neb., 1918; engaged in
water plant and sewage disposal work,
1924-37 (see Who’s Who in Engineering).
Member American Water Works Association,
American Society of Civil Engineers,
Mason (32 degree). Presbyterian.
Republican.
My father,
John Winchell Short, matriculated at RPI
where he met the sister of Alex Cory
Larmon, Frank's son. They fell in love
and eloped to New Jersey where a young
man could get married without parental
consent at 18. My Grandfather, John
Wesley Short, was very upset. He sent a
telegram to my father saying, "Come home
and come home alone." There my
father was told that if he were old
enough to get married, he was old enough
to support a wife. He was 19 and Mother
was 18. It was quite a scandal in
Cambridge. We have a few living
relatives there still, one is Mrs.
Marcia Raymond who lives on Spring
Street. Even though Dad didn't finish
college, he was still successful in the
engineering field. He was a group
engineer at Convair Aircraft with 30
engineers working for him and was
president of the San Diego Aerospace
Electrical Society in 1960.
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