颜德庆 字季馀。年三十九岁。生于江苏上海。已婚。初学于上海英华书馆。同文馆。及法文书馆。光緖二十二年。自费游美。入勿吉尼亚某高等学校。光緖二十四年。入勿吉尼亚大学。习工程。光緖二十五年。入理海大学。光緖二十七年。得土木工程师学位。以数学得金牌奖。为音乐会会员。在美国造桥公司。本谷铁厂。及明氏矿公司实习。光緖二十八年。回国。任粤汉铁路工程师。光緖三十年。任铁路总公司顾问工程师。光緖三十一年。任沪寗京张铁路工程师。光緖三十二年。应学部留学生考试。取列最优等。奖给工科进士。宣统元年。任邮传部候补郞中。及川汉铁路宜万段总工程师。民国元年。任粤汉铁路湘鄂局局长。及交通部参事。民国二年。任交通部技正。给予三等四等嘉禾章。为美国土木工程师会会员。中国工程师学会副会长。现时通信处。武昌粤汉铁路湘鄂总局。
yen, te-ching.-born in shanghai, 1878. married. studied at anglo-chinese school, shanghai, 1889-93; at tung wen college, shanghai, 1893-95; at st. xaviers' school, shanghai, 1895-96. arrived in america, december, 1896. private support. prepared for college at episcopal high school, virginia, 1896-98. studied engineering at the university of virginia, 1898-99; at lehigh university, 1899-1901. c.e., 1901. awarded a gold medal for excellence in mathematics, 1898. member, mandalin club, 1899-1901. was with min. r.r. and mining co., summer, 1900; with american bridge co. and pencoyd steel works, 1901-2. returned to china, july, 1902-
engineer, canton-hankow railway, 1902-4. consulting engineer, imperial railway administration, shanghai, 1904. assistant engineer, shanghai-nanking railway, nanking, 1905. assistant engineer, resident engineer and district engineer, peking-kalgan railway, peking, 1905-6. assistant chief engineer, szechuen railway company, i-chang, 1901-11, councillor, ministry of communications, peking, 1912; technical expert, 1913. managing director, canton-hankow railway, wuchang, 1912-15. chin shih, 1906. fourth and third class chia ho decorations. associate member, american society of civil engineers, 1908. fellow, permanent way association and vice-president, chinese institute of engineers, 1914-15.