Asa W. K. Billings

(1876-1949) born in Omaha. Hydroelectric engineer, pioneer developer of Sao Paulo, Brazil industrial center, recipient of Brazil's highest civilian decoration, elected honorary member of American Society of Civil Engineers. Consult Adolph J. Ackerman, Billings and Water Power in Brazil (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1953) and Dictionary of American Biography, Sup 4 (1974) 80-82.

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