David Garret Kerr was an American mining engineer.
He graduated Lehigh University in 1884. He worked for Carnegie Steel, and its successor, U.S. Steel, for his entire working life. He rose from lab technician to Vice President.
Kerr is considered influential because, in 1880, he was sent to Sweden, to study and bring back, techniques for preparing "spiegeleisen", a key ingredient in newly developed Swedish steels.
US Steel made him its Vice President in charge of the production and distribution of ore, limestone and coal, in 1909. He retained that position until 1932, when he retired.
Legacy
His alma mater, Lehigh University, granted him an honorary degree, in 1933.
In 1903 a lake freighter was named the D.G. Kerr. When it was sold, and renamed, a second vessel, was commissioned the D.G. Kerr, in 1916.
References
- ^ "David G. Kerr 1884". Lehigh University. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
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"D. G. Kerr". Flickr. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
David Garrett Kerr was Vice President for mining and transportation at U.S. Steel from 1909 through 1932; this expanded the job he'd first held with Carnegie Steel and had retained when the Steel Trust was formed.