William Whipple Jr.

William Whipple, Jr. (1909-2007), was a Brigadier General of the U.S. Army, who played a significant role in the development of the Marshall Plan. He was also the chief engineer for the construction of the 1964 New York World's Fair, and a recognized authority on water resources, having written more than 100 books and articles on water supply, navigation, flood control, and power generation.

References

Obituary, Town Topics

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.