George Edson Philip Smith

George Edson Philip Smith also in the spelling variants George EP Smith , GEP Smith (born December 29, 1873 in Lyndonville , Vermont , † March 12, 1975 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American civil engineer and university professor .

Life

Family and education

George Edson Philip Smith, son of Franklin Horatio Smith and his wife Harriet Lovisa nee Powers, grew up with his grandparents after the early death of his parents in 1888. After attending public schools, Smith turned to civil engineering at the University of Vermont in 1893, where he earned his BS in 1897 . In 1927 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering .

George Edson Philip Smith married the teacher Maude Mary née North (1874–1964) on October 1, 1904 . From this marriage came the son George Edson Philip Smith Jr. (1905-2003). Smith died in Tucson in March 1975 at the age of 101.

Professional background

After teaching for three years at the University of Vermont, Smith moved to the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1900 , where he took over the professorship for "Engineering" . Smith, who held courses on civil engineering , mining , surveying , mathematics , physics and astronomy , was appointed professor of "Irrigation Engineering" in 1906 , and at the same time he was appointed head of the "Agricultural Engineering Department" . In 1955, George Edson Philip Smith , who was appointed Professor Emeritus for Agricultural Engineering , was retired. Smith also worked as a consultant for the Continental Rubber Company from 1916 to 1920.

George Edson Philip Smith, whose research spanned in particular the areas of agricultural irrigation, irrigation methods, water resources as well as groundwater and their use, was considered one of the leading water law experts in Arizona of his time. Smith was a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, the American Association of Engineers, American Geophysical Union, and the American Society of Civil Engineers , of which he was elected a Fellow in 1959. He was the first scientist to receive the Arizona Society of Civil Engineers' John C. Park Outstanding Civil Engineer Award.

Fonts (selection)

• Groundwater supply and irrigation in the Rillito Valley, in: Bulletin (University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station), no.64 , University of Arizona, Agricultural Experiment Station, Tucson, Arizona, 1910
• The utilization of groundwaters by pumping for irrigation, 1915
• Water storage and the water code, University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Tucson, Arizona, 1918
• The Colorado River and Arizona's interest in its development, University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, Tucson, Arizona, 1922
• together with AF Kinnison, AG Carns: Irrigation investigations in young grapefruit orchards on the Yuma mesa, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1931
• The physiography of Arizona valleys and the occurrence of groundwater, in: Technical bulletin (University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station), no.77 , University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1938
• Creosoted tamarisk fence posts and adaptability of tamarisk as a fine cabinet wood, in: Technical bulletin (University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station), no.92, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1941

literature

• John William Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, MM Lewis: Who's Who in Engineering, Volume 1, John W. Leonard Corporation, New York, 1922
• Who was Who in America. Volume V: 1969-1973. Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, 1973, p. 671.
• International Engineering Congress, Chicago Ill., American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume, 141, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1976, p. 552.
• Arizona and the West, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1977, p. 5.

Web links

• George Edson Philip Smith on the American Society of Civil Engineers website; Retrieved April 29, 2013
• George Edson Philip Smith on the Arizona Archives Online website; Retrieved April 29, 2013