JULIAN L. SCHLEY

Julian L. Schley was born in Savannah, Georgia, on February 23, 1880. His parents were Julian Larcombe Schley and Eliza. In 1898, he graduated from the Lawrenceville School (NJ), and in 1903, the Military Academy at West Point United States. He graduated in 1908 from the Academy of States, of the School of Engineering. In 1903 he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers of the United States; was promoted in rank to climb the October 17, 1926 the Lieutenant Colonel. From 1909 to 1912 he was an instructor at the Military Academy of the United States. From 1912 to 1913 he was assistant engineer Commissioner DC; from 1917 to 1918 he was commander of the fourteenth Sieteavo Engineering Regiment and later, during World War II, the Fifth Corps of the Army Corps of Engineers; from 1919 to 1921, he was director of purchasing and member of the War Claims Department; from 1916 to 1917 he was in charge of river and harbor improvements in the vicinity of New Orleans; from 1928 to 1932 he was a maintenance engineer in the Panama Canal. In 1931 he married Denise Vary.

Schley was appointed as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone in 1932 From 1916 to 1928 he was in charge of important works on rivers and harbors in Nashville and Galveston and had great knowledge and experience in applied hydraulics. Under his tenure, he began and completed construction of the Madden Dam, which created a reserve of additional water to the Canal which would provide for future expansions traffic.

Governor Schley, like Governor Walker, was a quiet man whose interest in the Canal and its progress absorbed him completely. He spent long hours at his desk, whether early or late, solving problems, answering each question on development and improvements to its last detail. He not only looked the material needs of the Panama Canal, but also the human side of forward progress.

Schley had anticipated the need to build and maintain a workforce of the highest quality as well as maintained the highest standards in materials and equipment Canal. To this end, he brought more trained to work organizations Canal and instituted a training program to prepare young men in skills and abilities and thus serve as potential future male workers.

As Morrow, Schley faced the bitter task of reorganization. A reduction in force was necessary in view of the worldwide depression and the consequent lowering of tolls in respect of navigation. He fulfilled this task judiciously, cutting here and there, yet at the same time, never desmejorando or impairing the efficient organization of the Canal. This was a job that required care and judgment.

During his tenure as Governor, and the Thatcher Ferry Road were inaugurated on 1. September 1932; the Canal Zone College was inaugurated on September 25, 1933, Christopher High School was completed in 1933; plans for a new neighborhood in Gatun was approved; President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the isthmus on July 11, 1934 and October 16, 1935 A three-cent stamp Goethals went on sale August 15, 1935 Schley retired on 30 September 1941 died on March 29, 1965.