WALKER, Frederick W
WALKER, Frederick W., mechanical engineer; born, New York City, Aug. 27, I874; son of Robert S. and Francis H. (Amermann) Walker; educated in Brooklyn public schools, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. Began active career with the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Brooklyn, as draughtsman, Sept., 1895, and continued until Oct., 1899, at which time was steam engineer for the company; entered employ of Westinghouse, Churchill & Co., New York, and was engineer in charge of construction of Toledo, Fremont & Norwalk Ry., Fremont, O., and Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon Ry., Grand Rapids, Mich.; became member of Comstock, Haigh, Walker Co., Detroit, 1902. Vice president and chief engineer Comstock, Haigh, Walker Co., and Milwaukee Northern Ry. Co., of Wisconsin. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Alumni Association of Stevens' Institute of Technology. Served in U. S. Navy in Spanish-American War. Clubs: Detroit; Brooklyn Engineers' (Brooklyn, N. Y.). Residence: Detroit Club, Detroit, and Port Washingtoi), Ozaukee Co., Wis.