DeBerard, Wilford Willis
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
Club: Chicago Engineers' Club.
Recreation: photography.
Office: 1570 Old Colony Building
Home: 1418 W. Howard Street.
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917.