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2 Rector Street, New York, as superintendent of their Jersey City plant and lived in Jersey 

 City until September 25, 1915, when he was appointed superintending engineer for the New 

 London Ship and Engine Co., of Groton, Conn. He went to Quebec, Canada, for this 

 company to supervise the construction of 400 80-foot motor boats for the British Admiralty, 

 and on completion of the order returned to New London. 



On July 1, 1919, he accepted a position as senior naval architect with the Emergency 

 Fleet Corporation, 140 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, in the Cost Review Department, 

 with whom he remained until March 3, 1920. 



On April 28, 1920, he was transferred to New Orleans, to finish up work for the Emer- 

 gency Fleet Corporation in connection with the Gulf Shipbuilding plants, remaining until 

 November 3, 1920, when he accepted the post of sun'eyor for the American Marine Insur- 

 ance Syndicate for the Gulf District, with offices at 203 Orme Building, New Orleans, where 

 he was employed at tlie time of his death, June 26, 1921. He had been a member of the 

 Society since November, 1904. 



SAMUEL SPRING JORDAN 



MEMBER 



Mr. Jordan was born in Cape Elizabeth, Me., on June 26, 1862. He was graduate in 

 mechanical engineering of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He spent about a year as a 

 machinist with the Star Match Company and the Portland Company, Portland, Me., and 

 another year setting up marine engines in the works of the latter company. He returned to 

 the Star Match Company, where for two and a half years he designed, built and ran special 

 machinery. During part of that time he had supervision of the machine shop and auto- 

 matic machinery. 



In March, 1886, Mr. Jordan entered the employ of John Roach of Philadelphia in 

 charge oi the engine work and draughting in his shipyard. The following year he accepted 

 a position as first-class draughtsman to work on designs of triple-expansion engines for 

 cruisers 4 and 5. These engines were built at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, 

 Calif. Later Mr. Jordan was employed at Cramp's shipyard, and during his stay there the 

 cruisers New York and Brooklyn were built. He resigned from this position to become 

 superintendent of the Quintard Iron Works, New York, N. Y., where he was located until 

 1903, when he opened offices as a consulting engineer and naval architect. For the past fif- 

 teen years Mr. Jordan was managing the family estate in Scarboro, Me. 



Mr. Jordan was a member of this Society since 1896. He died January 5, 1921. 



HENRY LYSHOLM 



MEMBER 



Mr. Lysholm was bom November 30, 1865, in Trondhjem, Norway. During a number 

 of years of his youth he lived at the Navy Yard at Horten, Norway, of which his father, 

 David Lysholm, was at that time the commandant. Thus at an early age his thoughts 

 became associated with the work which he later followed. 



