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Willard Cope Brinton — ASME Memorial Obituary

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Willard Cope Brinton (1880-1957), president, Brinton Associates, consulting engineers, New York, N. Y., died Nov. 29, 1957. Born, West Chester, Pa, Dec. 22, 1880.

Parents, Samuel Lewis and Elizabeth (Smith) Brinton. Education, BS(ME), Harvard University, 1907. Married Laura MacDonald Moses, 1920.

Assoc-Mem ASME, 1907; Mem. ASME, 1912. Mr.

Brinton had traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China. His studies of Euro an harbors for the Bush Terminal Co., before forid War I, led him to recommend the creation of a bi-state New York harbor agency. This recommendation led directly to the formation of the Port of New York Authority in the 1920's Engineering recommendations made by Mr.

Brinton have led to a number of changes of sites and projects in several cities. He had been active in campaigns to restore a number of historic sites Mr. Brinton held many patents in materials handling and production-control equipment for large corporations. He was the author of numer ous magazine articles and two books on graphic presentation methods.