Fred R. Low (April 3, 1860 – January 22, 1936) was an American mechanical engineer, long-time editor of the journal Power, and an international figure in journalism and engineering.[1][2][3]
Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Low received regular schooling until the age of 14, when it was stopped due to a severe illness. He was a self-made man, who started his career in the industry in 1874 as a clerk in the Boston office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, where he was taught telegraphing and stenography.[4] He made it chief editor of the engineering journal Power in 1888 and served on that post for 42 years.[5]
After serving on the city council from 1901 to 1903 and council president from 1905 to 1906, Low served as mayor of Passaic, New Jersey, in the year 1908–09.[6][7] He was president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1924-25 and was awarded an honorary doctor of engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Low died at his home in Passaic, New Jersey, after being critically ill for several years.[5]
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