Todd, O. J. (Oliver Julian)
Variant namesAmerican civil engineer; chief engineer and consulting engineer, China International Famine Relief Commission, 1923-1938; adviser, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Yellow River Project, 1945-1947.
From the description of O. J. Todd papers, 1899-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870026
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
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1880 Nov. 1:
Born in Colon, Michigan -
1908:
B.S. degree in Civil Engineering, University of Michigan -
1909 -1917 :Field Assistant, Chief Hydrographer, and Assistant Engineer for the City of San Francisco; worked on the Hetch Hetchy water supply system and the Twin Peaks Tunnel -
1917 -1919 :Captain in the Engineering Corps, U.S. Army -
1919 -1921 :Principal Assistant Engineer for the Chinese government's Grand Canal Improvement Board -
1921:
Field Manager and Chief Engineer for American National Red Cross in Shantung (4 months) -
1921 -1923 :Chief Engineer for the Asia Development Company -
1923 -1935 :Chief Engineer for the China International Famine Relief Commission -
1927:
Married Dr. Lois Pendelton -
1935 -1938 :Consulting Engineer to the China International Famine Relief Commission, to the American Advisory Board of Shanghai, to the Shantung Government on the Yellow River, to the Yellow River Commission, and to the Friendship Fund of New York City -
1938 April:
Returned to the United States and settled in Palo Alto, California -
1940 -1942 :Engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation -
1942 -1945 :Regional Engineer, Area Engineer and Senior Engineer with the United States Army Engineers in Arizona -
1945 -1947 :Advisor to the Yellow River Project of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in China -
1948:
Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the 8th District -
1949 -1951 :Chief of the Irrigation Engineering Division of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China -
1973:
Author, The China That I Knew -
1974 Jan. 13:
Died, Palo Alto, California
From the guide to the O. J. (Oliver Julian) Todd Papers, 1899-1973, (Hoover Institution Archives)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Fisher, Michele. To end flood and famine : O. J. Todd in China, 1919-1951 : typescript, 1982. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| creatorOf | Todd, O. J. (Oliver Julian). O.J. Todd collection-- Yellow River dam project, China, 1947. | The Claremont Colleges, Claremont University Consortium | |
| referencedIn | Michele Fisher typescript : To end flood and famine : O. J. Todd in China, 1919-1951., 1982 | Hoover Institution Archives | |
| creatorOf | Todd, O. J. (Oliver Julian). O. J. Todd papers, 1899-1973. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| creatorOf | O. J. (Oliver Julian) Todd Papers, 1899-1973 | Hoover Institution Archives |
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| associatedWith | China International Famine Relief Commission. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Fisher, Michele. | person |
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| Reconstruction (1939-1951) |
| Reconstruction (1939-1951) |
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