Herdman, Robert F.

Robert F. Herdman (1890-1973), an engineer, was a native of Pueblo, Colorado and attended Colorado A&M College with extension studies at the University of Colorado and the University of Wisconsin. He served in the Army during World Wars I & II; during which time he worked as a civilian engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers. His career in engineering spanned many different areas, as he spent time working for the Miami Conservancy District (Ohio), the Illinois Central Railroad Terminal Improvement Project, and Byllesby Engineering and Management Corporation. He worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1913-1923 and 1933-1954, where he was in charge of construction of the Bartlett Dam in Arizona and the Yellowtail Dam in Montana from 1936-1938. Herdman also went to Korea in 1950 to study the country's hydroelectric potential and served as project engineer for the Litani River Project in Lebanon from 1952-1954. Herdman retired from the Bureau of Reclamation in 1954 and worked as an engineering consultant with International Engineering Company, Inc. and Chas. T. Main, Inc.

From the guide to the Robert F. Herdman papers, 1905-1972 (bulk 1918-1959), (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)