Lt. Gen. Lewis Pick Dies: Former Chief of Army Engineers Was 66
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Lt. Gen. Lewis Pick Dies: Former Chief of Army Engineers Was 66
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Photo and obituary for Lieutenant General Lewis Pick, "retired, former chief of Army engineers and the prime architect of the multi-billion-dollar Pick-Sloan program for the Missouri river basin development," dying at the age of 66 in 1956. Native of Virginia serving in World War I becoming a leading military engineer on the Missouri River during World War II and leading promoter of dam construction on the river following the 1951 flood.
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1956-12-03
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Kansas City Times
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Vertical File: Missouri River
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This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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