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adopted country, and, above all, exceptionally devoted to his family, consisting of his wife 

 and four daughters. He was greatly respected and admired by the thousands of men who 

 have worked under him. 



Mr. Lysholm died September 20, 1921, and had been a member of the Society since 

 November, 1904. 



JOHN MCINNES 



MEMBER 



Mr. Mclnnes was bom in Port Glasgow, Scotland, December 29, 1867. 



After attending the public schools in Port Glasgow he became a ship draughtsman ap- 

 prentice with the firm of Blackwood & Gordon of that city in 1882 and completed this ap- 

 prenticeship in 1887. From 1887 to 1888 he was a shipfitter with Russel & Co., Greenock, 

 Scotland. From 1884 to 1888 he attended classes in mathematics and naval architecture in 

 Port Glasgow and Greenock. From 1888 to 1891 he was a ship draughtsman at Palmer's 

 Shipbuilding & Iron Co., Ltd., Jarrow-on-Tyne, England. 



In 1891 Mr. Mclnnes came to the United States, which country he made his home for 

 the rest of his life. He began as chief hull draughtsman at the Columbian Iron Works and 

 Drydock Co., Baltimore, Md., in 1891. In 1893 he went to the Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship 

 & Engine Co., Philadelphia, and remained there until 1895 when he returned to the Colum- 

 bian Iron Works and Drydock Co. in Baltimore as naval architect. He remained there until 

 he took the position of superintendent of construction at the Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Bath, 

 Maine, in 1900. He held this position imtil his death. He was also' a director of the above 

 company from 1905 until his death. During his connection with the Bath Iron Works, 

 Ltd., he was in full charge of the design and construction of the hulls built at that plant. 



John Mclnnes was a man of high character and of a personality that made and held 

 many friends. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States, and his efforts for his 

 adopted country during the war were a constant stimulus to many born American citizens. 

 His v\ddow and three sons survive him. 



Mr. Mclmies had been a member of this Society since 1916. He died in Glasgow, Jan- 

 uary 22, 1921, while on a visit to the land of his birth. 



JOHAN HUGO NORMAN 



MEMBER 



Mr. Norman was bom in Sweden on October 22, 1868. He was a graduate in naval 

 architecture of Chalmer's Technical College, Gottenburgh, Sweden, class 1892. Coming to 

 this country the same year, he secured employment as a draughtsman with the Steel Motor 

 Company, Cleveland, Ohio. In 1897 he obtained a position with the Newport News Ship- 

 building and Dry Dock Company, with whom he remained one year, and in 1898 he entered 



