Lewis Ketcham Sillcox (April 30, 1886 – March 4, 1989) was an American mechanical engineer for railroads, business executive, 73rd president of the

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,Lewis K. Sillcox, 102, Transportation Expert
" ''New York Times,'' March 4, 1989. and recipient of the 1943 ASME Medal. Born in Germantown, Philadelphia as son of George Washington Sillcox (1844–1924) and Georgiana (Parker) Sillcox (1866–1968), Sillcox received his education in Belgium. He obtained his engineering degree in 1903 from the L'Ecole Polytechnique in Brussels,John Kieran (1957), ''Treasury of Great Nature Writing.'' p. 411. nowadays part of the Université libre de Bruxelles. Sillcox started his career in railroad companies in the United States and Canada. In 1927 he was appointed vice president at

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. After his retirement from industry in 1959, he served another year as director of

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. In 1943 he was awarded the ASME Medal, and in 1954 he was elected president of the

for the year 1954–55.

Selected publications

* Sillcox, Lewis Ketcham. ''Safety in Early American Railway Operation, 1853–1871.'' Printed at the Princeton University Press, 1936. * Sillcox, Lewis Ketcham. ''The Rail-Highway Issue.'' Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1936. * Sillcox, Lewis Ketcham.
Mastering momentum; a discussion of modern transport trends and their influence upon the equipment of American railways.
'' 1941.' * Sillcox, Lewis Ketcham. ''Head-end horsepower...'' Syracuse university, 1949. * Sillcox, Lewis Ketcham. ''Bulk Freight Battle.'' Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1964.

References

External links

at harris-history.com (with picture)

Archives and records

Louis Ketchum Sillcox papers
at Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 1886 births 1989 deaths American mechanical engineers Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni Engineers from Philadelphia ASME Medal recipients Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers American men centenarians {{US-mechanical-engineer-stub