Louis R. Douglass
Louis Rea Doug Douglass was an American civil engineer. He spent more thanyears with the United States Bureau of Reclamation and was in charge of Hoover Dam and the surrounding park land for four years.
Douglass was born in 1888 in The Territory of The Indian Nations at what later became Gallup, New Mexico. Douglass was reportedly proud of his pioneer heritage and frequently spoke about the frontier skills he learned as a boy. Douglass attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where he received B.S.C.E. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering.
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