He was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on April 7th, 1897.
FOOTNOTES:
[5] Memoir prepared by F.E. Schall, D.C. Henny, H.F. Dunham and Paul S. King, Members, Am. Soc. C.E.
LUTHER ELMAN JOHNSON, Jun, Am. Soc. C.E.[6]
Died March 23D, 1910.
By the death of Luther Elman Johnson, the Engineering Profession has lost a bright and able young engineer whose career, though short, gave promise of a steady rise and a brilliant future.
Mr. Johnson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Johnson, of Lawton, Okla., was born in Union, West Va., on August 10th, 1881. Most of his childhood and early manhood, however, were spent in Missouri. He received his High School training at Nevada, Mo., and his technical education at the Missouri State University, from which he was graduated in 1904, on his completion of the four years' course in Civil Engineering. In connection with the training at the University, Mr. Johnson, on graduation, was appointed and commissioned Brevet Second Lieutenant, in the National Guard of Missouri, by the Governor of the State.
His professional work began shortly after graduation, with his employment in the United States Reclamation Service, in connection with investigations of reservoir sites for the storage of irrigation water in Oklahoma. Following this, Mr. Johnson was transferred to the Garden City, Kans., pumping project, where, from 1905 to 1907, he was engaged in concrete construction and other work. In the latter part of 1907, he was transferred to the Minidoka, Idaho, pumping project, where, as Assistant Engineer, he was engaged until shortly before his death.
His work on the latter project was in connection with the location and construction of canals, and he was in active charge of the building of a large number of small reinforced concrete and timber structures and bridges for the irrigation system. In prosecuting this work, Mr. Johnson showed ability of the first order, and gave evidence, by his conscientious, thorough, and careful work, of great promise for the future.