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MELCHIOR, Harlan G.
MELCHIOR, Harlan G. (Dubuque, IA, Apr. 23, 1912--Scottsdale, AZ, Sept. 21, 2003) Melchior graduated from the COLUMBIA ACADEMY and College (now LORAS COLLEGE) in 1934. He later received graduate degrees from the School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University, Chicago.
Melchior was vice president of the trust department at AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK until his retirement in 1977.
He was a former MAYOR of Dubuque. In May 1927, Mayor Melchoir suggested a bond issue to finance the construction of electrically operated automatic traffic control signals in the downtown area. He called Main Street nothing more than a 'parade grounds' at certain hours of the day with intersecting streets blocked by the solid line of traffic. Because of the narrowness of the streets, the signals could not be placed at the center of the intersections but instead on the four corners. (1)
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1. "Melchoir Wants Traffic Signals," Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, May 8, 1927, p. 2