Frederic Wait Lord
Frederic Wait Lord was an American energy executive and author.
Early life
Lord was born on July 3, 1871, in Brooklyn, New York. He was a son of Joseph Lord and Mary Ann Lord. Among his siblings were Dr. Sidney Archer Lord, Ernest Archer Lord, and Genevieve Frothingham.Lord was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, serving as captain of its track team in 1893.
Career
Although entered in the 110 high metres hurdles, he did not compete at the 1896 Athens Olympics.Lord established the Lord Electric Company in Boston, Massachusetts in 1895. The company was "known throughout the United States for its important electrical work in great projects such as La Guardia Field and Idlewild." He served as president of Lord Electric, as well as Lord Manufacturing Co. and Lord Construction Co., until his retirement in 1948. The company later expanded to Puerto Rico, where it operated since 1959 as a subsidiary of Lord Electric Company.
An honorary member of the New York Electrical Contractors Association, he was the author of three books, Ethics of Contracting and Stabilizing of Profits, the Selective Method of Letting Contracts, and Contracting as a Profession.
Personal life
On July 29, 1906, Lord was married to Alice Garrison at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The widow of Lloyd McKim Garrison, she was a daughter of Augustus Kirkham and Clarinda Harrison Kirkham. After their marriage, her brother, Edward Kirkham, began working for Lord. From her first marriage, she was the mother of Lloyd Kirkman Garrison and Clarinda Kirkham Binger. Together, they lived at 238 East 68th Street, and were the parents of three daughters, including:- Anne Kirkham Lord, a twin who married landscape architect Wolcott Erskine Andrews, son of Martin Andrews, in 1937.
- Mary Archer "Polly" Lord, a twin who married Charles Merriman Du Puy Reed, son of William Ebenezer Reed. They later divorced.
- Ellen Wait Lord, who married Robert Gordon Pierce, a banker with Dry Dock Savings Bank who was a son of Gordon Pierce, in 1937.