Franklin F. Snyder
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He was replaced in 1951 by Claude Chorpening.
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That one.
He would have been there with General Sturgis, when Sturgis served his first year
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as Chief of Engineers.
Yes. No, that leaves me cold.
A
Q ..
Okay. One you do know is Emerson Itschner, who was Director of Civil Works
from ' 5 4 - 5 6 , before he became Chief.
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Yes. For some reason, I guess because of the Columbia River activity and the IJC.
Let's see, the IJC set up a Columbia River Unit, I don't know if it was a board or
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Authority or River Basin Commission?
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I think Gene Weber was a member, but Itschner came from that area, didn't he, or
he went there?
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He went there.
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He went there, yes.
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He retired to Portland.
He died just recently?
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Yes. He'd been North Pacific Engineer, I think, before he came in.
Before he came in, yes. Because of the work on the IJC, for some reason or other,
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I felt that I knew Itschner more than anyone that we've spoken of so far. We
decided that he was the one that I flew up to the Seaway dedication on his plane with
Mary.
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