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Roy G Finch

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Term
  
1925 to 1926

Parents
  
George Nelson Finch

Role
  
Civil engineer


Name
  
Roy Finch

Religion
  
Episcopalian

Predecessor
  
Dwight B. LaDu

Born
  
August 17, 1884 (
1884-08-17
)
Eagle Bridge, New York

Title
  
New York State Engineer and Surveyor

Successor
  
Superintendent of Public Works

Spouse(s)
  
Jessie Lewis Weller (m. 1909)

Died
  
March 4, 1959, Albany, New York, United States

Education
  
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Royal George Finch (August 17, 1884 Eagle Bridge, Rensselaer County, New York – March 4, 1959 Albany, New York) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was the last New York State Engineer and Surveyor, in office from 1925 to 1926. He was a member of the New York State licensing board for engineers.

Life

He was born on August 17, 1884 in Eagle Bridge, New York to George Nelson Finch and Helen (Hunt) Finch.

He attended the public schools of Granville, New York and later graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

On October 19, 1909, he married Jessie Lewis Weller. He had one daughter, Mary Lewis Finch, born June 9, 1912 in Albany, New York

In 1919 he was chief clerk of the New York State Engineer and Surveyor office and was appointed deputy state engineer to replace William B. Landreth.

In 1922 he went to work for Norton Stone and Lime in Cobleskill, New York.

He was State Engineer and Surveyor from 1925 to 1926, elected on the Republican ticket in 1924. In 1925, he published The Story of the New York State Canals: Historical and Commercial Information. By 1926 he was a member of the New York State Water Power Commission.

In 1926, Democratic Governor Al Smith undertook a major re-organisation of the State administration and the Engineer and Surveyor's Department was abolished, and the duties taken over by the New York State Department of Public Works.

In 1929 he was awarded the Arthur M. Wellington prize for his pamphlet on the Story of the New York State Barge Canal and Its Operation.

On April 30, 1930 he was appointed to the Interoceanic Canal Board.

He died on March 4, 1959 in Albany, New York.

References

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