DeBerard, Wilford Willis

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Wilford Willis DeBerard Soundex Code D166

Wilford Willis DeBerard, editor, engineer;

born in: Fairfax, Iowa, on Saturday, October 31, 1874;

son of: Wilford Henry DeBerard and Lovie DeBerard, nee: Lovie Whitney;

education: Bachelor of Arts, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin 1896; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1901;

married: Blendena E. DeBerard, nee: Blendena E. Emmons, of Denver, Colorado on Monday, September 15, 1902;

children: Emmons Wilford DeBerard, Elizabeth DeBerard.

Chemist and bacteriologist, Denver Union Water Company, 1896-9;

in charge water testing station, Philadelphia, 1902-3;

building filter plant, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1903-5;

assisted in designing filter plant, pumping station, etc., Columbus, Ohio, 1905-7;

in charge water testing station, Oakland, California, 1907-8;

chemist and bacteriologist, Denver Union Water Company, 1908-9;

assistant engineer U.S. Reclamation Service, 3 mos., 1909;

same Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, New York City, 6 mos., 1909;

western editor Engineering Record, in Chicago, since 1910.

Associate Member: American Society of Civil Engineers;

member: Western Society of Engineers,

member: American Water Works Association,

member: American Association of Civil Engineers,

member: Phi Kappa Psi

Republican.

Congregationalist.

Club: Chicago Engineers' Club.

Recreation: photography.

Office: 1570 Old Colony Building

Home: 1418 W. Howard Street.

Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917.