City of Wichita - The Ayes Have It! Wichita Water Department: A History 1882-1982 Wichita City Officials
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Wichita City Officials

Wichita City Managers (1917-1982)

Year City Manager
1917 E.T. Battin
1917-1919 Louis Ash
1919-1921 L.W. Clapp
1921-1927 Earl C. Elliott
1927-1939 Bert C. Wells
1939-1941 Alfred MacDonald
1941 Donald Gordon
1941-1948 Russell E. McClure
1948-1952 M.P. Jones
1952-1955 Eugene N. Smith
1955 Emory L. Cox
1955-1956 Eugene N. Smith
1956-1962 Frank H. Backstrom
1962 Ralph Wulz
1962-1968 Russell E. McClure
1968-1976 Ralph Wulz
1976 Robert G. Finch
1976- Eugene H. Denton

Wichita City Clerks (1870-1982)

Year Clerk
1870-1871 G.H. Smith
1871 O.W. Bromwell
1872 George S. Henry
1873 J.F. Nessly
1874-1888 Fred Schattner
1889-1890 W.P. McNair
1891-1892 Fred Schattner
1893-1896 C.S. Smith
1897-1898 H.T. Kramer
1899-1900 Amos McLain
1901-1904 J.L. Leland
1905-1908 R.N. Dorr
1909-1914 W.M. Sence
1914 W.J. McLean
1915-1922 H.D. Lester
1922-1925 E.S. Worrell
1925-1958 C.C. Ellis
1959-1963 C.H. Funk
1963-1965 Robert G. Finch
1965-1974 Ralph C. Eberly
1975- Donald C. Gisick

Wichita City Attorneys (1871-1982)

Year Attorney
1871 D.C. Hockett
1872-1873 William Baldwin
1874 Jas. McCullough
1875 B.H. Fisher
1876-1877 William Baldwin
1878-1880 Charles Hatton
1881-1882 W.F. Walker
1883-1884 J.M. Balderson
1885-1886 W.P. Campbell
1887-1888 J.L. Dyer
1889-1890 Thomas C. Wilson
1891-1892 Harry L. Gordon
1893-1894 A.J. Myatt
1895-1898 George W. Adams
1899-1902 A.E. Helm
1903-1904 Earl Blake
1905 J.A. Brubacher
1905 George W. Adams
1906 A.S. Buzz
1907-1908 Fred B. Stanley
1909-1910 A.S. Buzzi
1911-1914 Earl Blake
1915-1916 Jas. Conly
1917-1926 Robert C. Fulston
1926-1931 A.V. Roberts
1931-1945 Vincent F. Hiebsch
1945-1963 Fred W. Aley
1963- John Dekker

Directors of City of Wichita Water and Sewer Agencies (1921-1982)

Year Director Title
1921-1928 Jas. Murry Director of Public Service
1929-1944 H.P. Musik Superintendent of Streets and Sewers
1944-1945 P.L. Brockway Director of Service
1945-1953 Eugene N. Smith Director of Service
1953-1957 George J. Fisher Director of Service
1957-1973 Robert H. Hess Director of Water and Sewage Treatment
1973- John D. Wynkoop Director of Water and Water Pollution Control

Wichita City Engineers (1872-1982)

Year Director
1872 M. Kelleher
1873 Hudson George
1880-1886 Thomas A. Bayley
1886-1888 O. Mulvey
1889-1890 H.L. Jackson
1891-1892 O. Mulvey
1893-1900 H.L. Jackson
1901-1904 H.J. Harding
1905-1906 Ransom H. Brown
1907-1908 R.H. Mundvello
1909-1918 Bert C. Wells
1919-1944 P.L. Brockway
1944-1952 L.K. White
1952-1971 B.E. Smith
1972-1979 Dick Linn
1979- Ray Bruggeman

Superintendents and Managers of the Wichita Water Company (1882-1957)

Year Superintendent
1882 James A. Jones
1882-1886 B.B. Eggleston
1886-1887 W.D. Cockburn
1887-1888 D.A. Huffman
1889-1890 Frank C. Amsbary
1890-1892 W.A. Bixby
1893-1913 Fred D. Aley
1913-1916 J.N. Wells
1916-1921 Earl C. Elliott
1921-1923 T.J. Williamson
1923-1939 Clarence H. Kelley
1939-1955 Robert S. Millar
1955-1957 J.W. Heiney

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