Robert W. Hunt
Robert Woolston Hunt | |
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Born | Fallsington, Pennsylvania | December 9, 1838
Died | July 11, 1923 Chicago, Illinois | (aged 84)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Eleanor Clark |
Parent(s) | Robert A. Hunt Martha Lancaster Woolston |
Awards | John Fritz Medal (1912) |
Robert Woolston Hunt (December 9, 1838 – July 11, 1923) was an American metallurgical engineer, inventor, and superintendent in the steel industry. He is known as president of the
Biography
Early career
Born in
With his health failing, in 1857 Robert W. Hunt had to sell the pharmacy business and then travel to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to recuperate. He became employed at the John Burnish & Company, an iron rolling mill in Pottsville,[2] where his cousin T. W. Yardley was a senior partner. At this mill he learned the skills of the iron working industry. In 1859 he joined Booth, Garrett & Reese, an analytical laboratory in Philadelphia,[4] where he took a course in analytical chemistry.[5] When his study was completed, in 1860 he joined Wood, Morrell & Co. as a chemist[5] and established an iron and steel works laboratory in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for the Cambria Iron Company.[1] By the spring of 1861, he was working as night foreman for the Elmira rolling mill in Elmira, New York.[5]
Once the
Post-war period
Returning to civilian life, in July 1865
Hunt remained with the Cambria Co. until September, 1873,
He was elected president of the
Hunt was married to Eleanor Clark in December 1866; the couple would have no children.[9] He died at his home in Chicago on July 11, 1923.[10]
His estate endowed the Hunt Professorship in Metallurgical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[8] The Robert W. Hunt Company continues to operate to this day, becoming a subsidiary of U.S. Laboratories Inc. in 2001.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Presentation of John Fritz Medal to Capt. Robt. W. Hunt", The Architect and Engineer, vol. 32, pp. 104–105, March 1912.
- ^ a b c Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912), Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth, vol. 4, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, p. 562.
- ^ a b Waterman, Arba Nelson (1908), Historical review of Chicago and Cook county and selected biography, vol. 2, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, p. 910.
- ^ a b c Press Club of Chicago (1922), Official Reference Book, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, p. 221.
- ^ ISBN 1417965142.
- ^ White, James Terry (1898), The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 1, New York: J. T. White Company, p. 244.
- ^ a b c d "Testimony of Robert W. Hunt", United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs, vol. 185, Washington D.C.: United States Supreme Court, pp. 289–326, 1900.
- ^ a b c "Robert Woolston Hunt", Alumni Hall of Fame, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, December 17, 2010, retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ^ Lancaster, Harry Fred (1902), The Lancaster Family: A History of Thomas and Phebe Lancaster, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Their Descendants, from 1711 to 1902, Columbia City, Indiana: A.J. Hoover Printing Company, p. 32.
- ^ "Capt. R. W. Hunt, Widely Known Engineer, Dies". Chicago Tribune. July 12, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved October 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Company Overview of Robert W. Hunt Co.", Commercial Services and Supplies, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, archived from the original on June 28, 2013, retrieved April 18, 2013.