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1880 Born, Grand Rapids, Michigan RALPH U. FITTING, CONSULTING ENGINEER 822 E. Elmwood Ave., Burbank, California Charleston 6-7299 1891 Family moved to San Bernardino, California. 1898 Graduated from San Bernardino High School. 1906 Graduated from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering. (Held several positions as Junior Engineer during under-graduate years.) 1907- 08 Supt. of Distribution, Portland (Ore.) Gas Company. 1908- 12 Asst. Chief Engr., Electric Bond & Share Co., New York. Also Vice Pres., affiliated Phoenix Construction Company. 1912-lA Examining Engr., following investment Bankers: 1914-24 Associate Engr., Consulting Engineering Firm of Barclay Parsons and KLapp, New York. E le c tric a l Engr., Cape Cod Canal Co., Buzzard Bay, Mass. D irector, Mohawk Hydro E le c tric Co., Fort Plain, New York. D ir. & Treas., Spray Drying Corp., New York. D ir. & Treas., General Radium Corp., New York. D ir. & Treas., Plattsburg A lloys Corp., New York. Dir. & Treas., Parklap Construction Corp., New York. 1924.-27 Valuation Dept.-, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco, California. 1927-36 Valuation Engineer, Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp., after merger. 1936-4-5 Tax Agent, Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles, Calif.} three (3) months Tax Examiner, L. A. Agency, R.F.C., on loan from Gas Co. 7-1-45 Retired from Southern California Gas Company. 194-5-47 Scheduling Engr., Frequency Change Dept., Southern California Edison. 1947- 48 Asst. Valuation Engr., Southern California Water Company, Los Angeles. 1948- 49 Everett L. Clark, Engr., Water Works rate cases and valuations. 1950 (3 months) Expert witness for 11 East Bay cities before P.U.C. on Key System fares. Experienced in many phases o f business and engineering, p a rtic u la rily with public u t i l i t y problems, such as design, construction, operation, accounting, valuation, taxes and assessments, depreciation, investigations fo r sales and purchases, bond issues, trustee c e r tific a te s , condemnations, etc. Expert witness before Boards, Commissions and Courts in many states. Licensed Engineer in states o f New York and C aliforn ia. Listed in ’’Who’ s Who in Engineering” , and "Who’ s Who on P a c ific Coast", and "International Blue Book". Author o f many technical papers, also text book on REPORT WRITING (Ronald Press Company, N. Y . ) , REGULATION AND POWER LOSS CALCULATOR FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS (Codex Book Company, N. I . ; , Member o f follow in g fo r many years: State and Local Government Committee, L. A. Chamber o f Commerce} Taxation Committee, C a lif. State Chamber O f Commerce} Executive Board, L . A. Area Council, Boy Scouts o f America (S ilv e r Beaver)} A .I.E .E .; A.G.A.} F.C.G.A.} L. A. Engr. d u b } L. A. Elect. Club. Harris, Forbes and Company, New York N. W. Harris and Co., Boston Harris Trust & Savings Banks, Chicago.