Edwin Webster
Portrait of Webster by John Singer Sargent
Born(1867-08-26)August 26, 1867
Roxbury, Massachusetts
DiedMay 10, 1950(1950-05-10) (aged 82)
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (1888)
Occupation(s)electrical engineer, businessman
Years active1890-1941
Board member ofStone & Webster, Consolidated Investment Trust, United Fruit Company, Pacific Mills, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Company, Tampa Electric Company, Ames Shovel & Tool Company
SpouseJane Depeyster Hovey
ChildrenEdwin Sibley Webster Jr., Frances Webster Hiam, Mabel Webster Harte

Edwin Sibley Webster (August 26, 1867 – May 10, 1950) was an early electrical engineer and graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He co-founded Stone & Webster with his friend Charles A. Stone.[1][2] He served as President and Vice-Chairman of the company for many years, becoming Chairman on the death of his partner in 1941.

Stone & Webster built their business from a base at Stoughton, Massachusetts into a multi-faceted engineering services company that provided engineering, construction, environmental, and plant operation and maintenance services. They became involved with power generation projects, starting with hydroelectric plants of the late 19th-century that led to building and operating electric streetcar systems in a number of cities across the United States. As well as industrial plants, they built the 50-storey General Electric building in New York City, the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, a landmark now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as well as buildings for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stone & Webster was the prime contractor for the electromagnetic separation plant for the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Warner Jr., Sam Bass. Province of Reason. Harvard University Press, 1988, p. 53.
  2. ↑ "Edwin S. Webster, Engineer, Is Dead". New York Times. 1950-05-11. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. ↑ "History of Atomic Energy Collection, 1896-1991". Oregon State University Libraries. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  4. ↑ "The Manhattan Project". Oregon State University Libraries. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
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