Elwood Mead

E208788

civil engineer human public official water resources engineer

Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Elwood Mead canonical	2
Elwood	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1816206 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Elwood Mead
Context triple: [Lake Mead, namedAfter, Elwood Mead]

A. Mr. McFeely
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B. Don Lockwood
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C. James Dooley
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D. C. K. Dexter-Haven
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E. Ralph Malph
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Elwood Mead
Target entity description: Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.

A. Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
B. Don Lockwood
Don Lockwood is the charismatic silent-film star-turned-musical leading man portrayed by Gene Kelly in the classic Hollywood film "Singin' in the Rain."
C. James Dooley
James Dooley is a composer best known for creating dramatic, cinematic music often used in film, television, and trailer scores.
D. C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
E. Ralph Malph
Ralph Malph is a wisecracking, redheaded teenager known for his corny jokes and nervous humor on the classic TV sitcom "Happy Days."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil engineer ⓘ human ⓘ public official ⓘ water resources engineer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Iowa State College ⓘ Purdue University ⓘ University of Colorado system ⓘ surface form: University of Colorado
employer	Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
familyName	Mead ⓘ
fieldOfWork	agricultural engineering ⓘ irrigation engineering ⓘ public administration of natural resources ⓘ reclamation ⓘ water resource management ⓘ
givenName	Elwood Mead self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Elwood
hasEffect	expansion of irrigated agriculture in the Western United States ⓘ institutionalization of federal role in Western water development ⓘ long-term influence on U.S. reclamation project design ⓘ
hasOccupation	professor of irrigation engineering ⓘ
hasPart	Mead’s policies on irrigation districts ⓘ
influenced	U.S. federal water policy in the early 20th century ⓘ development of reclamation law and policy ⓘ
memberOf	American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ
namedAfter	Elwood Mead self-linksurface differs ⓘ Lake Mead ⓘ
notableWork	administration of federal reclamation projects during Hoover Dam era ⓘ advocacy for publicly planned irrigation settlements ⓘ contribution to design and administration of Lake Mead reservoir project ⓘ development of Western U.S. irrigation projects ⓘ development of policies for equitable water distribution in reclamation projects ⓘ development of policies for reclamation homesteads ⓘ integration of engineering and social planning in reclamation projects ⓘ leadership in planning Boulder Canyon Project (Hoover Dam) ⓘ oversight of Hoover Dam development ⓘ planning of large-scale reclamation projects in the American West ⓘ promotion of scientific irrigation practices ⓘ shaping settlement patterns in irrigated regions of the American West ⓘ
occupation	academic ⓘ civil servant ⓘ engineer ⓘ
positionHeld	U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Washington, D.C. ⓘ western United States ⓘ surface form: Western United States Wyoming ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Mead → namedAfter → Elwood Mead ⓘ

Elwood Mead → givenName → Elwood Mead self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elwood

Elwood Mead → namedAfter → Elwood Mead self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake Mead

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