David Garret Kerr
David Garret Kerr was an American mining engineer.[1]
He graduated Lehigh University in 1884. He worked for Carnegie Steel, and its successor, U.S. Steel, for his entire working life.[1] He rose from lab technician to Vice President.[2]
Kerr is considered influential because, in 1880, he was sent to Sweden, to study and bring back, techniques for preparing "spiegeleisen", a key ingredient in newly developed Swedish steels.[1]
US Steel made him its Vice President in charge of the production and distribution of ore, limestone and coal, in 1909.[1] He retained that position until 1932, when he retired.
Legacy[edit]
His alma mater, Lehigh University, granted him an honorary degree, in 1933.[1]
In 1903 a lake freighter was named the D.G. Kerr.[2] When it was sold, and renamed, a second vessel, was commissioned the D.G. Kerr, in 1916.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "David G. Kerr 1884". Lehigh University. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
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"D. G. Kerr". Flickr. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
David Garrett Kerr was Vice President for mining and transportation at U.S. Steel from 1909 through 1932; this expanded the job he'd first held with Carnegie Steel and had retained when the Steel Trust was formed.