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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002449b.htm person Mead Elwood AACR2 16 January 1858 26 January 1936 Place of Birth Patriot, Indiana, United States of America Place of Death Washington, United States of America Civil engineer Elwood Mead was born in the USA and came to Australia to act as Chairman of the Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (1907 to 1915). Prior to this he worked at Colorado State Agricultural College, rapidly becoming Professor of Irrigation Engineering. He then went on to become State Engineer in Wyoming and Director of irrigation investigations with the Department of Agriculture (1899-1907). He worked part time for the University of California at Berkeley during this last post. Once Mead returned to the States in 1915 he took up a position of Professor of Rural Institutions at University of California. Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in Nevada and Arizona USA, is named after him. 1882 1882 Education - Bachelor of Science (BS), Purdue University, USA 1883 1883 Education - Certificate (?) of Engineering (CE), Iowa State College of Agriculture, USA 1884 1884 Education - Master of Science (MS), Purdue University 1899 1907 Career position - Director of Irrigation Investigations, Colorado(?) Department of Agriculture, USA 1904 1904 Education - Diploma in Engineering, Purdue University 1907 c. 1914 Career position - Chairman, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 12 Jan 1909 12 Jan 1909 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1911 1911 Career position - President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1915 1924 Career position - Professor of Rural Institutions, University of California, USA 1924 Career position - Federal Commissioner for Reclamation, USA Garson, George (1862 - 1911)

Elwood Mead was a pall-bearer at George Garson's funeral

 Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)

Elwood Mead MInstCE endorsed John Burnell nomination for AssocMInstCE 1912

 Davidson, William (1844 - 1920)

William Davidson MInstCE endorsed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

Calder Oliver MInstCE endorsed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Swinburne, George (1861 - 1928)

George Swinburne MInstCE endorsed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Kernot, Maurice Edwin (1852 - 1934)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909)

William Kernot MInstCE endorsed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Fowler, Thomas Walker (1859 - 1928)

Thomas Fowler MInstCE proposed Elwood Mead's nomination for MInstCE in 1908

 Nimmo, William Hogarth Robertson (1885 - 1970)

Elwood Mead MInstCE endorsed William Nimmo's application for AssocMInstCE, 1912.

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture) 1911

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 Mead, Elwood (1858-1936)

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 'Mead, Elwood', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mead, Elwood Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Mead, Elwood (1858-1936), irrigation engineer Powell, J. M. Mead, Elwood (1858-1936), irrigation engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 467-468 Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Journal Article: Elwood Mead in Australia Baker, I. G. Elwood Mead in Australia 1951 Aqua: Official Journal of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Victoria 2 6 3-11