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EDWARD JOHNSON
JOHNSON, EDWARD, Civil Engineer, Los Angeles, California, was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 4, 1876, the son of Edward Johnson and Georgianna P. (Miller) Johnson. He married Gertrude N. Clark at San Diego, Cal., Nov. 25, 1903, and to them there has been born a daughter, Gertrude Louise Johnson.
Mr. Johnson received the degree of S. B. from the Mass. Institute of Technology in 1899. He became Ass’t Engineer of the Essez Company at Lawrence, Mass., remaining from 1899 to 1900. Resigned to become Hydrographic Surveyor in the U. S. Navy, serving from 1900 to 1903, later becoming an Engineer in the U. S. Reclamation Service. In 1906 he retired to engage in private practice. He then located in San Diego, Cal., moving to Los Angeles, May, 1907. Served as Chairman of the Aqueduct Investigation Board, for investigating the work and conditions on the Owens River Aqueduct, and is Engineering member of the L. A. Harbor Comsn., having charge of constructing the L. A. Municipal docks and warehouses.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the Engineers and Architects’ Assn. of So. Cal.; San Diego Country Club, and Cuyamaca Club, San Diego; California Club and University Club, Los Angeles, and National Geographic Society.
Transcribed
by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 834,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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