1983 - Consulting Electrical Engineer
1942 - Member of ETA KAPPA NU, National Honorary Electrical Engineering Association
1943 - Member of TAU BETA PI, National Honorary Engineering Association
1943 Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Iowa, April 25, 1943
1950 - Registered Professional Engineer, State of Illinois
1941 - 1983 Employed by Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
1941 - 1943 Office and linework, Electric Distribution, Iowa City District
1943 - 1946 Leave of absence, military service
1946 - 1950 Engineer
1950 - 1954 Assistant Superintendent, Substation Division
1954 - 1965 Superintendent, Substation Division
1965 - 1966 Manager, Ottumwa District
1966 - 1968 Manager, Fort Dodge District
1968 - 1979 Manager, Electric Operation Department
1979 - 1983 Manager, Gas and Electric Distribution Department
1950 - 1983 Responsibilities involved the supervision and training and safety education of linemen, substation electricians and other electrical workers.
1983 Retired
1943 - 1946 Active duty U.S. Army, Signal Corps:
1943 Officer Training School
1943 Commissioned Second Lieutenant, August 11
1943 Long Lines Plant (Telephone Carrier Course)
1945 Promoted to First Lieutenant, March 26
1946 Promoted to Captain, May 15
1944 - 1946 Signal Corps assignments involved telephone carrier equipment and long lines construction, maintenance and operation
1947 - Member, Senior Member and Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
1957 - 1966 Member of the Substation Committee
1963 Chairman of the Iowa-Illinois Section
1965 Member of Power Engineering Society
1967 Conference on Transmission and Distribution Construction and Live-Line Maintenance
1988 Seminar, National Electrical Safety Code
1989 Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition
1990 Seminar, 1990 National Electrical Safety Code
1990 ESMO-1990
1992 Seminar, 1993 National Electrical Safety Code
1993 ESMO-1993
1993 Seminar, Harmonics
1994 Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Chicago
1996 Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Los Angeles
1998 Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, Tampa
1998 ESMO-1998
1954 - 1956 Instructor, Moline Community College, Fundamentals of Electricity
1953 - 1983 Member of the Missouri Valley Electric Association
1959 Speaker, Maintenance of Oil Circuit Breakers and Power Transformers in Substations
1965 Speaker, Testing of Substation Transformers to Discover Incipient Faults, Speech was published in Transmission & Distribution magazine, a Cleworth Publication
1968 - 1983 Member of the Transmission and Distribution Committee of the Edison Electric Institute:
Member of the Safety Subcommittee
1970 - 1972 Chairman, Standards and Specifications Subcommittee
1973 Speaker, Destructive Test of Fiberglass Boom Extension for Line Truck
1976 Editor of the Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, Fifth Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.
1981 Author and Editor of The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, Sixth Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.
1986 Author and Editor of The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, Seventh Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.
1987 Speaker at Edison Electric Institute, Transmission and Distribution Committee meeting on the subject, Lineman Training Needs Improvement
1987 Author of article, Good Training Prevents Electrical Injuries, published in the January issue of Transmission & Distribution magazine , a Cleworth Publication
1990 Author of artical, Unsafe Shortcuts Cause Deaths of Lineman, Published in the December issue of Transmission & Distribution magazine, an Intertec Publication
1992 Author and Editor of The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, Eight Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.
1992 Author of article, A Simple Solution To Farm Stray-Voltage Problems, published in the December issue of Transmission & Distribution magazine, an Intertec Publication
1995 Seminar, High Voltage Electrical Safety, OSHA requirements for electric power generation, transmission and distribution, NAtional Technology Transfer, Inc
1997 Author and Editor of The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, Ninth Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.
2000 Coauthor of The Lineman's and Cablemans Field Manual
2002 Coauthor and Editor of The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, Tenth Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.
2006 Coauthor and Editor of The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook, Eleventh Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.