James Hervey Herron

James Hervey Herron Jr. (January 4, 1875 – March 29, 1948) was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, metallurgist, and founding president of the James H. Herron Company of Cleveland. He served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1937-38.

Biography Youth and early education Herron Jr. was born in Girard, Pennsylvania, to James Hervey Herron Sr. and Josephine (Fuller) Herron. He obtained his BSc. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1899. Later in 1916-17 and 1920-21 he was student at the Graduated School of the University of Michigan.

Herron had started working in 1889 as apprentice in the sawmill machinery maker Stearns Manufacturing Co. in Erie, Pa. From 1895 to 1897 he was assistant and chief engineer at the Erie City Iron Works.

In 1936 Herron was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for 1937-38. In 1943 he was awarded the honorary DSc in Engineering by the Case School of Applied Science, now Case School of Engineering.