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Joseph Cowles Mehaffey

American military official

Died when: 73 years 90 days (878 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Joseph Cowles Mehaffey

Joseph Cowles Mehaffey (November 20, 1889 – February 18, 1963) was a major general in the United States Army.As a member of the Army Corps of Engineers, he was the consulting engineer on the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C.; helped renovate the White House; and served as a supervising engineer for the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

He was assigned in 1941 as maintenance engineer of the Panama Canal, and was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1944 to 1948.

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