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WILLIAM FLINT BIXBY
BIXBY, WILLIAMM FLINT, Civil and Hydraulic Engineer, Los Angeles, Cal., was born there September 1, 1878. He is the son of Augustus S. Bixby and Mary L. (Goodwin) Bixby.
Mr. Bixby received his primary education in the public schools of Los Angeles and Sierra Madre, Cal., and graduated from Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, Cal., in 1898. He was then taken into the office of Austin & Skilling, architects, and worked under John C. Austin until 1902, when he entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y., and graduated in 1906 with the degree of Civil Engineer.
While studying for his degree Mr. Bixby was engaged in practical engineering work as rodman for the Schenectady (N. Y.) Railway Company, as engineer and foreman for the Hudson River Telephone Company, and draughtsman for Sanderson & Porter, civil engineers of New York. Returning to Los Angeles in 1906, he immediately became Assistant City Engineer and Surveyor. He resigned this in October, 1907, and organized the firm of Bixby & White with Arthur B. White. Their practice includes irrigation, municipal, structural and sanitary engineering. One of Mr. Bixby’s most important operations was the subdivision and improvement of a tract of 200 acres in Los Angeles. He also has made extensive surveys in Kern County, Cal.
Mr. Bixby holds appointments as City Engineer for the towns of Sierra Madre and Eagle Rock, Cal., in charge of municipal improvements.
He is a member of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Chamber of Mines and Oil, Pasadena (Cal.) Board of Trade, Sierra Madre Board of Trade and the Engineers and Architects’ Association of Los Angeles. He is also an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Transcribed by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 771,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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