Mat Roy Thompson
| Mat Roy Thompson | |
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| Born |
Leroy Thompson February 8, 1874 Dunlap, Iowa |
| Died | June 8, 1962 Tacoma, Washington |
| Nationality |
 U.S.
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| Other names | Matthew R. Thompson, Matt R. Thompson, Mathew R. Thompson, M. Roy Thompson, Roy Thompson |
| Education |
Rose Polytechnic Stanford University |
| Known for | Civil engineering projects including work on Scotty's Castle in what is now Death Valley National Park. |
| Spouse(s) | Patience O'Hara (c. 1896–1931) Ivah Thaxton (c. 1932–1962) |
| Children | Philip Thompson (born 1896) Ralph E. Thompson (born 1899) Matthew R. Thompson (born 1900) Hugh O'Hara Thompson (born 1905) Patience Thompson (born 1910) Maxine Thompson (born 1915) |
| Parent(s) | George Washington Thompson Susan Forrer |
Mat Roy Thompson (February 8, 1874 – June 8, 1962), known also as Matt Roy Thompson, Matthew R. Thompson, Mathew R. Thompson, M. Roy Thompson, Roy Thompson, and Leroy Thompson, was a civil engineer and architect who worked on a great variety of construction and development projects across the United States, most notably on Scotty's Castle, the Death Valley mansion of eccentric millionaire Albert Mussey Johnson.
Thompson was born Leroy Thompson in Dunlap, Iowa, in 1874, the son of George Washington Thompson, a real estate broker of comfortable, if moderate, means, and his wife Susan Forrer. Thompson's father moved his real estate business to Tacoma, Washington while Thompson was still very young, and so it was in the state of Washington that Thompson grew up. In 1890, upon reaching the age of sixteen, Thompson graduated from high school and promptly enrolled in the Rose Polytechnic Institute of Technology, an engineering and technical school in Terre Haute, Indiana.
When Stanford University opened its doors to students for the first time one year later in 1891, Thompson happily enrolled as a sophomore, one of only eleven upper classmen of a total 559 students. While continuing his study of civil engineering, Thompson met a pretty, young freshman student named Bessie Penniman. The pair attended many collegiate social events together, including the first football game between Stanford and rival University of California, Berkeley, during which Stanford's team was led to victory by fellow student and future American President, Herbert Hoover. It was not long before Thompson and Bessie were going steady, and then engaged to be married.
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