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Austin John Collett

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Austin John Collett (September 5, 1877 – May 2, 1934) was the Director-General of Public Works for the Dominican Republic.[1]

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Biography

He was born on September 5, 1877.[2] He graduated from the University of Nebraska with the Class of 1900.[3] In 1906, he was hired as an engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha, Nebraska.[4] In 1912 he became the Director-General of Public Works for the Dominican Republic.[1] By September 1922, he was working for the Texas Oil Company in Havana, Cuba.[3]

Personal life

On June 5, 1907, he married Ruth Dahlman, the daughter of Omaha, Nebraska's mayor, James Dahlman.[5] Together they had two sons,[6] but divorced prior to 1922.[7]

He died on May 2, 1934, and is buried near his parents in North Omaha's Prospect Hill Cemetery.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bryan Defends Minister Sullivan" (PDF). The New York Times. December 12, 1913. Retrieved 2010-07-27. Austin J. Collett, Director-General of Public Works in Santo Domingo, to which post ... American Minister to the Dominican Republic, at the investigation by ...
  2. ^ "Austin John Collett in the World War I draft registration" (Document). Selective Service System.
  3. ^ a b "News of the Classes". The University Journal. 18 (5). Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska: 17. September 1922. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ^ The Railway age. 1906. p. 358. Mr. Austin J. Collett has been appointed electrical engineer of the Union Pacific, under the superintendent of motive power and machinery, with headquarters at Omaha, Neb.
  5. ^ "Dahlman-Collett Wedding". Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. June 6, 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "With the Wayfarers". Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. January 24, 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Society". The Washington Times. Washington, D.C. April 13, 1922. p. 15. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ^ Collett, Brian. "The Colletts of Kingham in Oxfordshire to the USS Collett". Retrieved 22 August 2016.[permanent dead link]

External links

Austin John Collett at Find a Grave

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