Loring McMillen explained

Loring McMillen
Birth Date:10 March 1906
Birth Place:Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Staten Island, New York, U.S.

Loring McMillen (March 10, 1906  - March 19, 1991) was an American historian who served as Staten Island's official historian. He preserved the works of Alice Austen and worked to restore Historic Richmond Town.[1] [2]

Biography

He was born in Staten Island on March 10, 1906. He attended Union College in Schenectady, New York, and he took courses in architecture at Columbia University.[3] In 1928 he went to work for Bell Telephone, designing cable tracks and cable conduits until retiring in 1966. He became Staten Island's official historian in 1934. He died on March 19, 1991, in Richmondtown, at age 85.[1] He was succeeded as Staten Island Borough Historian by Richard B. Dickenson.[4]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Alfonso A. . Narvaez . Loring McMillen, 85, an Engineer And a Founder of Staten Island Restoration . . March 21, 1991 . June 14, 2007.
  2. News: Staff . A Man for the Ages on Staten Island . The New York Times . August 21, 1988 . June 14, 2007.
  3. Web site: Loring McMillen . https://web.archive.org/web/20111109110919/https://www.aapra.org/Pugsley/McMillenLoring.html . November 9, 2011 . . unfit.
  4. Web site: Staten Island Advance . Our borough historians: The past is their passion . SILive.com . 19 June 2019.