A brief biography of famous engineers from the state of Ohio: Edward Orton, Jr., Henry Howard, Charles F. Kettering, and Charles H. Paul

Merkel, George E.

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 The Knowledge Bank at The Ohio State University Ohio State Engineer   Title:  Famous Ohio Engineers Creators:  Merkel, George E. Issue Date:  May-1923 Publisher:  Ohio State University, College of Engineering Citation:  Ohio State Engineer, vol. 6, no. 4 (May/June, 1923), 16. Abstract:  A brief biography of famous engineers from the state of Ohio: Edward Orton, Jr., Henry Howard, Charles F. Kettering, and Charles H. Paul. URI:  http://hdl.handle.net/1811/34211 Appears in Collections: Ohio State Engineer: Volume 6, no. 4 (May-June, 1923)   16 THE OHIO STATE ENGINEERFAMOUS OHIO ENGINEERSNumber TwoBY GEORGE E. MERKEL, '26EDWARD ORTON, Jr.Born in New York State on October 8, 1863,Edward Orton, Jr., was educated at Ohio StateUniversity. He established the first school inthe United States for instruction in the technol-ogy of clay glass and cement industries in 1894,of which he was director until 1916. He beganin 1896 the manufacture of pyrometric conesfor regulating the firing process of ceramicproducts. He has accomplished much in theline of ceramics and was in active service in themotor transport corps during the World War.FRANKLIN A. RAYFranklin Arnold Ray was born in Rome, Ash-tabula County, Ohio, April 13, 1862. He grad-uated in Mining Engineering at Ohio State in1887. He was chief engineer for the Columbus-Hocking Coal and Iron Company from 1889 to1892. He was dean of the Engineering Collegeat Ohio State 1904-06; also consulting directorof the Ohio State School of Mines. He spentsome time in Russia investigating conditions ofcoal reserve, mining conditions, deposits, etc.He has done a great work in the developmentof the mining industry.HENRY HOWARDHenry Howard was born at Jamaica Plain,Massachusetts, on July 5, 1868. He receivedhis education at Massachusetts Tech. and re-ceived his degree in 1889. At that time he wentwith the Grasselli Chemical Company of Cleve-land and is now in charge of research and de-velopment work of this company. He organizedand directed the department of the UnitedStates Shipping Board, which provided andtrained personnel for the new American Mer-chant Marine. He was also a member of thecommittee of the National Association of Manu-facturers appointed by Secretary Hoover to rep-resent American Industry.CHARLES F. KETTERINGCharles Franklin Kettering was born at Lon-donville, Ohio, August 29, 1876. He receiveddegrees in electrical and mechanical engineeringin 1904 at Ohio State. He started out with theStar Telephone Company of Ashland and withthe electrical department of the National CashRegister Company at Dayton, Ohio. He inventedthe starting, lighting and ignition device for au-tomobiles, later known as the "Delco" System.He invented, perfected and put on the market the"Delco-Light" for farm houses. He is now pres-ident and general manager of the General MotorsResearch Corporation.CHARLES H. PAULCharles Howard Paul was born at Rockport,Massachusetts, March 10, 1875. He attendedMassachusetts Tech. from 1892 to 1895. He waswith the Boston waterworks from 1896 to 1900and with the Bureau of Filtration at Philadelphiafrom 1901 to 1904. He was construction engin-of the lower Yellowstone Project and also hadcharge of construction of Arrowrock Dam atBoisi, Idaho (the world's highest dam), from 1911to 1915. He has been with the Miami Conserv-ancy District since 1915 on design and construc-tion of flood control works for the Miami Valley.

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