Elwood Mead (January 16, 1858 – January 26, 1936) was an American professor, government official, and engineer known for heading the United States Bureau...
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representative, which is referred to as the "Lost City". The lake was named after Elwood Mead, who was the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1924...
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The SS Elwood Mead was a Liberty ship built for service during World War II. The ship was named for Elwood Mead, a professor, politician and engineer,...
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2002.00059.x. Rook, Robert E. (Winter 2000). "An American in Palestine: Elwood Mead and Zionist Water Resource Planning, 1923-1936". Arab Studies Quarterly...
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included Elwood Mead, Michael W. Straus, and Floyd Dominy, with the latter two being public-power boosters who ran the Bureau during its heyday. Mead guided...
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Entry Elwood Mead – Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation for construction of Grand Coulee, Hoover and Owyhee dams; namesake of Lake Mead Benjamin...
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Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), English painter Elizabeth Storrs Mead (1832–1917), American educator and President of Mount Holyoke College Elwood Mead (1858–1936)...
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would rise by the time the dam was complete. The head of Reclamation, Elwood Mead, stated he wanted the dam built no matter the cost. President Franklin...
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of marine salvage from famous wrecks, including the MV Prosperity and Elwood Mead. The items also include a cannon from HMS Boreas that points towards...
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June 1959. In 1959, Mead was recruited to Ford Motor Company's Advanced Styling Studio by Elwood Engel. From 1960 to 1961, Mead worked in Ford Motor...
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