Scott Turner (engineer)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Scott Turner

| image = File:Scott Turner, Director of Bu. of Mines, 11-16-25 LCCN2016841338.jpg

| caption = Photograph of Turner in 1925

| alt = Black and white photograph of a seated, short-haired man looking off to the side and wearing a striped suit and tie.

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|7|31}}

| birth_place = Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|7|30|1880|7|31}}

| death_place = Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_cause =

| resting_place = Mount Hope Cemetery
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

| other_names =

| office = 5th Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines

| term_start = 1925

| term_end = August 16, 1934

| predecessor = H. Foster Bain

| successor = John W. Finch

| known_for =

| education =

| alma_mater = University of Michigan (AB)
Michigan College of Mines (EM)

| occupation = mining engineer

| spouse = {{marriage|Amy Prudden Jenison|1919|1972|reason=died}}

| children =

| father = James Munroe Turner

| relatives =

| awards = Hoover Medal

| module = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes

| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

| branch = U.S. Navy

| serviceyears =

| battles = {{tree list}}

}}

Scott Turner (July 31, 1880 – July 30, 1972)Who was who in America, Volume 5. 1973. p. 735 was an American mining engineer. He served as the 5th Director of the United States Bureau of Mines from 1926 to 1934 and was the 18th recipient of the Hoover Medal.Hoover Medal Board of Award. Scott Turner: eighteenth Hoover medalist, Nummer 18. 1957

Early life

Turner was born in 1880 in Lansing, Michigan, son of James Munroe Turner and Sophie (Scott) Turner.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88082198/scott-turner-heir-of-city-pioneers/ |title=Scott Turner - Heir of City Pioneers Dies in East at 92 |date=1972-08-01 |page=B2 |last=Darling |first=Birt |newspaper=Lansing State Journal |access-date=2021-10-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Open access}} His father owned a 1,200 acre Springdale Farm in Lansing, a property known for its prize beef at the time. His grandfather James Madison Turner built the Turner-Dodge House in Lansing. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in geology from the University of Michigan in 1902, and his EM from the Michigan College of Mines, now Michigan Technological University, in 1904.

Career

Turner started his career as mining engineer, developing mineral deposits in Alaska, Panama, Canada and 14 other countries. For a time he managed the Arctic Coal Company in Spitsbergen (now Svalbard).{{cite web |title=Scott Turner Collection, 1838-1972 |url=https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/745447769 |accessdate=13 August 2019}}

In World War I he served in the U.S. Navy, and in 1915 he survived the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. He was on the Lusitania to assess a coal discovery in Spitsbergen, Norway.

From 1926 to 1934 he was director of the United States Bureau of Mines.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aimehq.org/about-us/presidents/scott-turner-deceased |title=Scott Turner (Deceased); AIME President in 1932 |website=aimehq.org |access-date=2017-09-16}} He resigned in July 1934, but did not leave office until August 16, 1934.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/08/17/archives/heads-bureau-of-mines-john-w-finch-gets-post-after-inquiry-into.html |title=Heads Bureau of Mines |date=1934-08-17 |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=2021-12-08}}

In 1932, he served as president of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME).

Personal

Turner married Amy Prudden Jenison in 1919. She died on February 6, 1972.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90232651/amy-prudden-turner-9-feb-1972-lansing/ |title=Amy Prudden Turner |date=1972-02-09 |newspaper=Lansing State Journal |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2021-12-08}}{{Open access}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90232930/turner-prudden-announcement5-apr-1919/ |title=Turner-Prudden Announcement |date=1919-04-05 |newspaper=Lansing State Journal |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2021-12-08}}{{Open access}}

Turner sold Springdale Farm to the city of Lansing after World War II. From a portion of the property, the city built Arboretum Park in its place in the 1950s.

Death

Turner died on July 30, 1972, in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Lansing.

References

External links

[https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/745447769 Scott Turner Collection, 1838-1972]

Category:1880 births

Category:1972 deaths

Category:20th-century American engineers

Category:American mining engineers

Category:Engineers from Michigan

Category:People from Lansing, Michigan

Category:RMS Lusitania survivors

Category:Michigan Technological University alumni

Category:United States Bureau of Mines personnel

Category:United States Navy personnel of World War I

Category:University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni