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James Hobson Stratton
Pages 326-331

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From page 327...
... Thus encled a noteworthy professional engineering career, marked by General Stratton's direction of a number of major civil and military engineering projects. Stratton was born in Stonington, Connecticut, on June 7, IS98; he attenclect public schools in Paterson, New Jersey, where his family tract subsequently moved.
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From page 328...
... Congress provi(le(1 for a study of the future Panama Canal. Consequently, in early 1946 Stratton was named special engineering assistant to the governor of the Panama Canal anti placed in charge of the investigation and study of the Isthmian Canal.
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From page 329...
... to ensure that the Panama Canal study was thorough, well grounded in the technology of the time, and supporter! by complete investigations in geology, soil mechanics, hydrology anct hydraulics, economics, urban planning, and military and naval sciences.
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... His professional society affiliations included the Society of American Military Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Boston Society of Engineers, and the American Institute of Consulting Engineers. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1981.
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