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262 Yale University Obituary Record
Mornstown (N.J.) Academy and private tutor. Civil engineering
course, member University Club
In office of Commissioner of Accounts, New York City, 1897-98; engineer Guayaquil and Quito Railroad Company, Ecuador, 1899-1903 and
New York Central Railroad Company 1903-04; assistant engineer
Isthmian Canal Commission, Panama Canal Zone, 1904-06 (awarded
Theodore Roosevelt medal No 45); consulting engineer, New York City,
1906-08, with U S Army Engineer Corps, compiling data on inland waterways from Boston to Florida, 1908-12 and construction superintendent
Norfolk (Va ) Army Base 1917-21; consulting engineer New York City
and Norfolk, and president Norfolk Dock and Belt Line Commission
1912-17; appraisal engineer Engineering and Valuation Division, Income
Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, 1921-45; at request of
Chief of Engineers, U S. Army, organized a company of engineers for service on the Mexican border in 1916 and served as captain of the company;
consulting engineer New Jersey Ship Canal Commission; designer of
Harbor Terminal, Norfolk, member Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the
American Revolution, Society of Military Engineers, and St. Peter's
Church (Episcopal), Mornstown
Married April 26, 1905, in Dongan Hills, LI, N.Y., Aline Herbert,
daughter of Harry and Rebecca Amanda (Herbert) McNair. Sons* Arthur
Walker (B S Virginia Military Inst 1927; M.S Massachusetts Inst. Technology 1929); William Francis Roelofson, Jr. (Virginia Military Inst.
1928; B S Massachusetts Inst. Technology 1930, M.S. 1931); and Walter
Scott (died August 8, 1922).
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk Survived by wife, two sons, and four grandchildren.
Thomas Gould Otis, Ph.B. 1897.
Born November i, 1874, in Norwal\, Ohio.
Died April 11, 1945, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Father, Thomas Gould Otis, a capitalist in Chicago; son of Asahel
Jackson and Mary Ann (Allen) Otis of North Kingston, RI Mother,
Caroline (Arnold) Otis; daughter of George and Charlotte (Gardiner)
Arnold of Rhode Island
Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn
Manager Chicago office Imperial Insurance Company, Ltd, of England, 1897-1902; partner Lyman, Otis & Company, insurance, Chicago,
1902-03; in real-estate business in California 1903-07, with Southern
Pacific Railroad Company 1907-12 (representative in Mexico in development work, and purchasing agent); purchasing agent Standard Portland
Cement and Santa Cruz Portland Cement companies, San Francisco,
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 262 |
| Transcript | 262 Yale University Obituary Record Mornstown (N.J.) Academy and private tutor. Civil engineering course, member University Club In office of Commissioner of Accounts, New York City, 1897-98; engineer Guayaquil and Quito Railroad Company, Ecuador, 1899-1903 and New York Central Railroad Company 1903-04; assistant engineer Isthmian Canal Commission, Panama Canal Zone, 1904-06 (awarded Theodore Roosevelt medal No 45); consulting engineer, New York City, 1906-08, with U S Army Engineer Corps, compiling data on inland waterways from Boston to Florida, 1908-12 and construction superintendent Norfolk (Va ) Army Base 1917-21; consulting engineer New York City and Norfolk, and president Norfolk Dock and Belt Line Commission 1912-17; appraisal engineer Engineering and Valuation Division, Income Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, 1921-45; at request of Chief of Engineers, U S. Army, organized a company of engineers for service on the Mexican border in 1916 and served as captain of the company; consulting engineer New Jersey Ship Canal Commission; designer of Harbor Terminal, Norfolk, member Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Military Engineers, and St. Peter's Church (Episcopal), Mornstown Married April 26, 1905, in Dongan Hills, LI, N.Y., Aline Herbert, daughter of Harry and Rebecca Amanda (Herbert) McNair. Sons* Arthur Walker (B S Virginia Military Inst 1927; M.S Massachusetts Inst. Technology 1929); William Francis Roelofson, Jr. (Virginia Military Inst. 1928; B S Massachusetts Inst. Technology 1930, M.S. 1931); and Walter Scott (died August 8, 1922). Death due to carcinoma Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk Survived by wife, two sons, and four grandchildren. Thomas Gould Otis, Ph.B. 1897. Born November i, 1874, in Norwal\, Ohio. Died April 11, 1945, in Los Angeles, Calif. Father, Thomas Gould Otis, a capitalist in Chicago; son of Asahel Jackson and Mary Ann (Allen) Otis of North Kingston, RI Mother, Caroline (Arnold) Otis; daughter of George and Charlotte (Gardiner) Arnold of Rhode Island Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn Manager Chicago office Imperial Insurance Company, Ltd, of England, 1897-1902; partner Lyman, Otis & Company, insurance, Chicago, 1902-03; in real-estate business in California 1903-07, with Southern Pacific Railroad Company 1907-12 (representative in Mexico in development work, and purchasing agent); purchasing agent Standard Portland Cement and Santa Cruz Portland Cement companies, San Francisco, |
