386 OBITUARY. 



After completing his studies in civil and mechanical engineering at the Trondhjem 

 Technical Institute, he served an apprenticeship in practical shipbuilding in the Horten Navy, 

 Yard. 



In 1888 Mr. Lysholm came to America. His first employment was in New York with 

 Cooper, the prominent bridge designer of that time. Later he engaged in general civil and 

 mechanical engineering, engine and boiler building, and wooden ship construction. 



In the later nineties he became associated with the Harlan and Hollingsworth shipyard 

 at Wilmington, Del., where he began the templating system based on that employed in bridge 

 construction. ! 



When in the latter part of 1899 Mr. Henry G. Morse, an official of that company and 

 himself a bridge builder, left to organize the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J., 

 he, recognizing Mr. Lysholm's ability, asked the latter to come with him as his technical 

 assistant. Mr. Lysholm worked on the preliminary plans of the lay-out of the New York 

 Shipbuilding Co., and, when the construction of the first vesel was started, took charge of the 

 fabrication, including the development of the loft template system which was to be one of 

 the main features of the work at that plant. How well he succeeded is shown by the fact 

 that this system, considered impossible and almost foolish by so many shipbuilders of twenty 

 years ago, has been adopted by all the leading yards of this country and by many abroad. It 

 was this successful development under his di rection at the New York Shipbuilding Co. that 

 blazed the way for the possibility of the fabricated ship during the war. Mr. Lysholm re- 

 mained at this plant for sixteen years as superintendent in charge of the structural draw- 

 ing room, mold loft, plate and angle shops, etc. 



In 1916, Mr. Lyshoto was one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co., 

 at Gloucester, N. J-, and became its general manager. The original intention was to build 

 the hulls only of small vessels, the propelling machinery and much of the equipment to be con- 

 tracted for outside, as done in many European countries. 



In 1918 the Pusey & Jones Co., of Wilmington, Del., took over the Pennsylvania and 

 New Jersey shipyards at Gloucester, and Mr. Lysholm became the vice-president of the com- 

 bined plants. 



Contracts were undertaken for larger vessels than originally planned for, and, owing to 

 the conditions existing then, it became necessary to manufacture more and more of the 

 parts other than hull structure. The constant strain of attempting to meet new and rapidly 

 changing conditions, together with that imposed by this country entering the war, caused 

 Mr. Lysholm to suffer a severe physical break-down from which he never recovered. It 

 became necessary for him to give up active shipyard management in the summer of 1918. 



In November, 1918, he opened an office in Philadelphia as consulting engineer and naval 

 architect, in which work he was engaged up to the time of his death. In this capacity his 

 services were retained from time to time by a number of the larger shipbuilding firms of this 

 country. A notable case was that of advisory engineer for the torpedo boat construction at 

 the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. 



Numerous valuable inventions relating to ship construction were made by him, the most 

 important being the Lysholm plate punching table, whereby the complete control not only of 

 the punch but also of the movements of the pi ate itself was brought under the hands of one 

 operator. This invention, eliminating the labor of several men per punch, and at the same 

 time greatly increasing the output of a machine, contributed much in the speed-up program 

 during the war. i 



Mr. Lysholm was of a very retiring nature, very generous, loyal to his friends and 



