Colonel Carl C. Cable PE (11 June 1911 to 6 May 1982), also known as Carl Cable and Carlos Cable was an American public works engineer, energy research scientist, army officer and musician. He was one of the architects of the Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill and Act 1977, regarded as part of the foundations of modern

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policy.

Early life

Carl C. Cable was born on 11 June 1911 in

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, the son of Eugene Cobelli (later Cable), an immigrant from

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, and Margarite Payne. His grandfather was the naturalist

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, and the

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was his great-uncle. Cable received his degree in

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before serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before, during, and after World War II. Cable reached the rank of Colonel and advised the OSS on amphibious operations in Europe.

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As a senior public official and maritime engineering consultant, Carl C. Cable was a prominent member of WEDA (Western Dredging Association), WODA (World Organization of Dredging Associations) and WODCON. U.S. Congressman

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, who Cable had served with in the army, pushed for Cable's involvement in the subcommittee of the

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in the preparation for the Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill from 1976 onwards. Cable was instrumental in writing the Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill and Act, signed into law in 1976, a landmark piece of energy legislation.

Music

Cable was an accomplished saxophonist who occasionally played with and mentored Tim Eyermann.

Retirement

Carl C. Cable spent his retirement in

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and later in a veterans' home in

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, where he died aged 70, leaving no family, on 6 May 1982.Bryan Keith Aldridge, ''Casper Cable and Descendents, 1755-1990'', University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991, p. 134

References

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