Arthur Clinton Spurr (August 27, 1889 - March 1971"Arthur C. Spurr," obituary, in: ''The New York Times.'' March 22, 1971) was an American lawyer, manager, consulting engineer, business executive at the Wheeling Traction CompanyLinda Fluharty.
Arthur Clinton Spurr
" in: ''West Virginians,'' The West Virginia Biographical Association, 1928. and President of the Monongahela Power Company. He is known as public utility executive and investment counselor,''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.'' J. T. White, 1977. p. 233 and as recipient of the

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in 1949.Spurr, Arthur Clinton - West Virginia Department of Agriculture
at ''agriculture.wv.gov.'' Accessed 04-07-2017.

Biography

Youth and early career

Spurr was born in 1889 in

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to Benjamin Frederick Moore, who was archdeacon, and Isabell (Stewart) Spurr. After attending

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, he obtained his bachelor of laws degree from

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in 1910, and his A.B. from

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in 1913. After his graduation in 1913 Spurr started his career in industry at the

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as a student employee on the staff of its third vice-president. In 1917 he served in

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in the 21st Engineers as First Lieutenant at the Western Front, where he took part in the

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Further career

Back in the States in 1919 he was appointed traffic manager at the East Coast Fisheries Company in

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. In 1920 he moved Pittsburgh, and worked as consulting engineer for the Philadelphia Company, a parent company of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. From February 1, 1924, to October 1, 1925, he was research manager of the Pittsburgh Railways Company, after which he was appointed general manager of the Wheeling Traction Company in 1925. In 1935 he was appointed president of the Monongahela Power Company, a regulated subsidiary of

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, where he served the next twenty years until his retirement in 1955. In between, in

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, Spurr had served as War Finance Committee chairman for West Virginia. In recognition of his work, Spurr was awarded the Thomas W. Martin Rural Electrification in 1940, and the

in 1949 for "distinguished achievement in industrial management as a service to the community." In 1951

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awarded an Honorary Degrees, a Doctor of Laws.Honorary Degrees Conferred by Marietta College
at marietta.edu, 2007. Accessed 04-07-2017.

References

External links

Spurr, Arthur Clinton - West Virginia Department of Agriculture
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