Alexander G. Wilson, 75, authority on water projects

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: February 7, 1992 | Copyright information

Services for Alexander G. Wilson, a civil engineer and international authority on water projects, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Pedersen-Ryberg Mortuary, 435 N. York Rd., Elmhurst.

Mr. Wilson, 75, died Monday at Monticello Health Care Center, Hinsdale.

A native of Johnstown, Pa., Mr. Wilson earned his engineering degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1939. He worked for the state highway department before taking a job in 1941 with the Army Corps of Engineers in Panam...

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