Todd, O. J. (Oliver Julian)

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American 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

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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)

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Famine


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Flood control


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Flood control


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International relief


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Reconstruction (1939-1951)


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Reconstruction (1939-1951)


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River engineering


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River engineering


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