placed him at the head of his profession in that line, and he was identified 

 with the work of the Mississippi and Missouri River Commissions of the 

 United States Government, large pumping engine installations in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., and many other cities. His favorite study was marine work, and the 

 development of pumps as now built for use on shipboard was largely due to 

 his inventive genius and exact knowledge of the requirements. 



Mr. Davidson was a member of this Society from its foundation, one 

 of the oldest members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, also 

 of the Naval Order of the United States, Associate Society U. S. Grant Post 

 No. 327, The Columbia County Association, Life Member of the Navy 

 League, and was, from its conception, an active and life member of the late 

 Union League Club of Brooklyn. 



Mr. Davidson died on, April 10, 1919. 



WILLIAM D. DICKEY 



MEMBER 



Mr. William D. Dickey was born July 16, 1852, in Belfast, Ireland, of 

 Scotch parentage. 



Before coming to this country he was apprenticed to a firm of ship- 

 builders in Belfast. On coming to this country in 1870, he joined the firm 

 of Handren & Ripley as superintendent. This firm eventually became the 

 firm of Handren & Robins and later the Erie Basin Dry Docks, later still the 

 John N. Robins Co. He remained with this firm until 1905, when he es- 

 tablished the Shooter's Island Shipyard, with which he was connected until 

 1909. From 1913 to 1915 he was man^ager for James Shewan & Sons, and 

 following this he was connected with the United States Shipping Board in 

 an advisory capacity. 



His education consisted of a course in high school in Belfast and a four- 

 year course in mechanical engineering at Cooper Institute in New York City. 



In 1873 he married Rosa Mulholland, the daughter of the Rev. J. R. 

 Mulholland, of Owen Sound, Canada, who with his son, W. E. Dickey, sur- 

 vives him. Mr. Dickey was a member of this Society since its foundation. 



He died on June 7, 1919. 



