Davies, Ralph Evan (Civil Engineering '41), 1920-1941
Scope and Contents note
This collection was assembled by the Archivist from CIT-related material donated by several Engineering alumni. The bulk of this collection consists of course material such as course notes, laboratory reports, and instruction papers, from the 1920s to the 1940s. The collection also contains some textbooks and photographs. Some of the course material is from the night classes offered by Carnegie Tech to engineers working full-time during the day.
Each series in this collection correspond to a donation by a different alumnus. The miscellaneous series contains named donations amounting to up to a couple of folders, or CIT-related student material for which the provenance is unknown.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1941
Biographical/Historical note
Ralph Evan Davies (July 18, 1908 - May 28, 2002) began working for the city of Pittsburgh Bureau of Engineering after he graduated from Schenley High school in 1926. While working full-time at the Bureau he was enrolled in night classes at Carnegie Tech. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1941. Ralph Davies retired from his job at the Bureau of Engineering in 1946 to work with Gulf oil corporation as an engineer until 1965. He then went on to work in the offshore technology section of Exxon from 1968 to 1992.
This collection was donated by Gayle Davies in 2009.
Extent
1.0 Linear feet
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Carnegie Mellon University Archives Repository