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Clinton Sumner Burns
American civil engineer (1871-1924) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clinton Sumner Burns (1871–1924) was a prominent civil engineer and business executive who, with Robert Emmett McDonnell, a classmate at Stanford University formed an engineering company under the firm name of Burns & McDonnell. His work involved practically every state in the country, designing water and sewer systems in over five hundred cities[1] as well as being an honorary member of the Sigma Xi.
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Born | (1871-10-26)October 26, 1871 Waverly, Iowa, United States |
Died | April 1, 1924(1924-04-01) (aged 52) Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
Occupation(s) | civil engineer, Business executive |
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In 2010, Burns and McDonnell were inducted into the Greater Kansas City Business Hall of Fame.