Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 06:01:06 :
Independent Journal
Monday, May 12, 1980
JOHN S. COTTON
John S. Cotton, 78, a Kentfield consulting engineer, died Saturday in a local hospital.
An engineer of international standing, Cotton did flood control and irrigation work around the world. He was also an expert on high dams and served on the consulting team to the Bidwell Bar dam on the south fork of the Feather River.
In the 1950s, Cotton was employed by the Marin County Board of Supervisors to prepare a flood control plan for the Novato watershed.
Cotton was a former staff member of the Federal Power Commission.
All funeral arrangements are private.
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