Benjamin Bowditch Thayer

Benjamin Bowditch Thayer (October 20, 1862 – February 22, 1933) was a vice president of Anaconda Copper and served on the Naval Consulting Board.[1] He was president of the New York Society of Harvard Engineers.[2]

Benjamin Bowditch Thayer circa 1915

Biography

He was born on October 20, 1862, in San Francisco, California. He attended the public schools in Quincy, Massachusetts then the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.[1] He married Marie Renouard.[3]

He served on the Naval Consulting Board in 1915. He died on February 22, 1933, at New York Hospital following an operation.[1] His widow died in 1950.[3]

References

1. "B. B. Thayer Dies, Anaconda Official. First Vice President of the Copper Mining Company Long an Engineer. Served On Many Boards. Prominent In Corporations In Related Fields. An Overseer of Harvard University". The New York Times. February 23, 1933. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
2. "Benjamin Bowditch Thayer". Engineering and Mining Journal. 97: 526. 1914.
3. "Mrs. Benjamin Thayer". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-25.