Elwood Mead

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civil engineer human public official water resources engineer

Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.

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Elwood Mead canonical 2
Elwood 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
public official ⓘ
water resources engineer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Iowa State College ⓘ
Purdue University ⓘ
University of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: University of Colorado system
employer United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
linked to: Bureau of Reclamation
familyName Mead ⓘ
fieldOfWork agricultural engineering ⓘ
irrigation engineering ⓘ
public administration of natural resources ⓘ
reclamation ⓘ
water resource management ⓘ
givenName Elwood ⓘ
linked to: Elwood Mead
hasEffect expansion of irrigated agriculture in the Western United States ⓘ
institutionalization of federal role in Western water development ⓘ
long-term influence on U.S. reclamation project design ⓘ
hasOccupation professor of irrigation engineering ⓘ
hasPart Mead’s policies on irrigation districts ⓘ
influenced U.S. federal water policy in the early 20th century ⓘ
development of reclamation law and policy ⓘ
memberOf American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ
namedAfter Elwood Mead ⓘ
Lake Mead ⓘ
notableWork administration of federal reclamation projects during Hoover Dam era ⓘ
advocacy for publicly planned irrigation settlements ⓘ
contribution to design and administration of Lake Mead reservoir project ⓘ
development of Western U.S. irrigation projects ⓘ
development of policies for equitable water distribution in reclamation projects ⓘ
development of policies for reclamation homesteads ⓘ
integration of engineering and social planning in reclamation projects ⓘ
leadership in planning Boulder Canyon Project (Hoover Dam) ⓘ
oversight of Hoover Dam development ⓘ
planning of large-scale reclamation projects in the American West ⓘ
promotion of scientific irrigation practices ⓘ
shaping settlement patterns in irrigated regions of the American West ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
positionHeld U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation California ⓘ
linked to: California, United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Western United States ⓘ
linked to: western United States

Wyoming ⓘ

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Lake Mead → namedAfter → Elwood Mead ⓘ
Elwood Mead → givenName → Elwood ⓘ
linked to: Elwood Mead
Lake Mead → namedAfter → Elwood Mead ⓘ
subject linked to: Elwood Mead