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 an engineer on the Panama Canal, and was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1944 to 1948.
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20 November 1889 Lima, Ohio, United States
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Died |
18 February 1963 (aged 73)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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