Joseph Warren Barker

Joseph Warren Barker (June 17, 1891 – December 10, 1975) was an American electrical and mechanical engineer, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Columbia University, and 75th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1956-57.

Biography

Family His daughter was longtime New Hampshire state representative Betty Hall.

Youth and early career Barker was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1891, son of Frederick Barker and Alice Ann (Alletson) Barker. He started his studies at the University of Chicago in the year 1909-10. Then he moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he obtained his BSc in Electrical Engineering in 1916.

After his graduation in 1916 he enlisted in the U.S Navy, where he served United States Army Coast Artillery Corps in 1916-17 and 1923-24. and next until 1974 served as president and board chairman of the Research Corporation, a science advancement foundation.

Selected publications Joseph Warren Barker, Technique of economic studies of lighting in industry, 1927. Joseph Warren Barker, Research Corporation (1912–1952): Dedicated to Progress in Education and Science. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1952