Frederic Wait Lord Explained

Birth Date:3 July 1871
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Parents:Joseph Lord
Mary Ann Archer
Children:3

Frederic Wait Lord (July 3, 1871 – December 31, 1951) was an American energy executive and author.

Early life

Lord was born on July 3, 1871, in Brooklyn, New York. He was a son of Joseph Lord (1832–1880) and Mary Ann (Archer) Lord (1840–1925).[1] Among his siblings were Dr. Sidney Archer Lord,[2] Ernest Archer Lord,[3] and Genevieve (Lord) Frothingham (wife of Edgar Vietor Frothingham).

Lord was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, serving as captain of its track team in 1893.

Career

Lord established the Lord Electric Company in Boston, Massachusetts in 1895. The company was "known throughout the United States for its important electrical work in great projects such as La Guardia Field and Idlewild."[4] He served as president of Lord Electric, as well as Lord Manufacturing Co. and Lord Construction Co.,[1] until his retirement in 1948. The company later expanded to Puerto Rico, where it operated since 1959 as a subsidiary of Lord Electric Company.[5]

An honorary member of the New York Electrical Contractors Association, he was the author of three books, Ethics of Contracting and Stabilizing of Profits, the Selective Method of Letting Contracts, and Contracting as a Profession.

Personal life

On July 29, 1906, Lord was married to Alice (Kirkham) Garrison (1875–1959) at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The widow of Lloyd McKim Garrison (eldest son of Wendell Phillips Garrison), she was a daughter of Augustus Kirkham and Clarinda Harrison (Dunham) Kirkham.[6] After their marriage, her brother, Edward Kirkham, began working for Lord.[7] From her first marriage, she was the mother of Lloyd Kirkman Garrison (an attorney who represented physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the 1950s)[8] and Clarinda Kirkham (Garrison) Binger (who married Dr. Carl Binger).[9] Together, they lived at 238 East 68th Street, and were the parents of three daughters, including:

Lord died on December 31, 1951, at New York Hospital in New York City.[15] His widow died at her summer home at Black Point near New London, Connecticut in July 1959.[16]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's who in New York (city and State). . 1918 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . 681 . 21 November 2024 . en.
  2. Book: of 1891 . Harvard College (1780–) Class . Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report, 1891-1916 . 1916 . Plimpton Press . 187 . 21 November 2024 . en.
  3. Web site: John Ainsworth Mills Family Papers - Archives West . archiveswest.orbiscascade.org . 21 November 2024.
  4. News: C.C.B. . Tribute to Frederic Lord . 21 November 2024 . . January 8, 1952.
  5. Web site: Lord Electric General Contractor . www.siteline.com . 21 November 2024.
  6. News: Daniels . Lee A. . Lloyd K. Garrison, Lawyer, Dies; Leader in Social Causes Was 92 . 30 November 2021 . . 3 October 1991.
  7. Book: of 1905 . Yale University Class . History of the Class of 1905, Yale College ... . 1908 . . 191 . 21 November 2024 . en.
  8. News: Daniels . Lee A. . Lloyd K. Garrison, Lawyer, Dies; Leader in Social Causes Was 92 . 21 November 2024 . . October 3, 1991.
  9. News: Dr. Carl Binger, 86, Pioneer In Psychosomatic Medicine, Dies . 21 November 2024 . . March 24, 1976.
  10. News: MISS ANNE K. LORD MARRIED IN CHAPEL; Becomes the Bride of Wolcott Erskine Andrews--Twin Sister Attendant . 21 November 2024 . . April 18, 1937.
  11. News: Child to the C. M. D. P. Reeds . 21 November 2024 . . December 13, 1937.
  12. News: Paid Notice: Deaths REED, MARY ARCHER LORD (POLLY) . 21 November 2024 . . March 20, 1998.
  13. News: Lord-Pierce . 21 November 2024 . . April 24, 1937.
  14. News: MISS ELLEN W. LORD MARRIED IN CHAPEL; Wedding to Robert Gordon Pierce Takes Place at St. George's Church Here . 21 November 2024 . . June 16, 1937.
  15. News: F. W. LORD, LEADER OF ELECTRIC FIRM; Author of Technical Books Who Organized Company Here 56 Years Ago Dies at 81 . 21 November 2024 . . January 1, 1952.
  16. News: MRS. FREDERIC W. LORD . 21 November 2024 . . July 23, 1959.

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