1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAin the West, For five years after joiningthe Bureau he was a designer onconstruction of the Arrowrock Dam inIdaho. In 1916, Brother Young transferredto the Denver Office of thebureau, the designing headquarters ofthis prominent engineering branch ofthe government and while there wasin charge of the standardization ofmechanical devices for irrigation structures.This work also included designsand estimates for storage works,dams of all types, spillways, etc.Brother Young received early experiencewith the Colorado River in1921, the start of a three year periodspent by him in investigations of thedevelopment of that stream. Fourdam sites were studied at that time andhe made an extensive report at theconclusion of the period to the ChiefJanuary, 1931Engineer of the Federal Bureau.As an engineer for the Bureau ofReclamation from 1924 to 1926, he wasin charge of investigations of the proposedbarrier in San Francisco Bay toprevent the incursion of salt water andin charge of the proposed Iron CanyonProject to irrigate a quarter of a millionacres of land in Sacramento Valley.From 1926 until the spring of1930 Brother Young was constructionengineer of the Kittitas Division of theYakima Project in Washington. InJune, 1930, he took over his new dutiesat Boulder Dam, where he will spendthe next ten years supervising thegreatest undertaking in the world.Young is also a member of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineersand of Rotary International. He ismarried and has one daughter.ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF BOULDER CANYON DAM AND POWER PLANT£2601