George Linton
George E. Linton was a civil engineer and co-author with Virginia Hanson of Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett. He and his wife Dulcie were very active in the Theosophical Society in America branch in Portland, Oregon.
Early years
George Linton was born June 25, 1903 just west of Portland, Oregon, the son of farmer George Linton and his wife Della. By 1920 the family, including older brother Frank, had moved to Corvallis, where the father worked as a carpenter and civil engineer. George Jr. attended Oregon State University in Corvallis, studying civil engineering, and was Major-Adjutant in a student engineers battalion in 1924.[1] His brother Frank studied mining engineering at the same university.
Engineering career
By 1930, Mr. Hanson was working as a civil engineer on a jetty project. He was living in Winchester Bay as a boarder with a local family. [2]
Some time in the 1930s, he married Dulcie May (September 14, 1906 - February 13, 1997).
In 1959 he was working as Shipyard Superintendent at the Vancouver Reserve Shipyard in Vancouver, Washington, just north of Portland, Oregon. In this position he was an employee of the Department of Commerce's Maritime Pacific Coast District.[3]
Theosophical work
On January 25, 1927, George Linton joined the Portland Lodge of the Theosophical Society in America, and he was active in the life of that Oregon branch until he moved to Ojai, California in his later years. Beginning in June, 1952, he worked for a year at the international headquarters at Adyar, Chennai, India, along with his wife Dulcie. She had become a member on October 2, 1940. The two of them also spent a year on the staff at TSA headquarters in Wheaton, Illinois. Much of the Lintons' personal life centered around the Society and Theosophy. George's only brother Frank C. Linton was also active, joining the Portland Lodge on April 8, 1930, and serving on the national board in 1946. Frank's wife Ethel joined in 1941
He put his engineering expertise in serving the Theosophical Society. Many times when he visited the Olcott campus in Wheaton, Illinois, he examined the houses and other buildings, wrote recommendations for repairs, and supervised maintenance projects.
Writings
A notable accomplishment was co-writing Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett with Virginia Hanson. They worked together when he visited Wheaton during the years 1962-1975 when she served on the TSA headquarters staff.
He also wrote articles for The American Theosophist. The Union Index to Theosophical Periodicals lists 14 of them under the name George E Linton.
Later years
The Lintons retired to the Taormina community in Ojai, California.[4] George Linton died on January 24, 1997, and Dulcie passed away February 13 of the same year.[5]
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Audio recordings
- An Introduction to the Study of the Mahatma Letters. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Society in America, 1984, 2007. These eight CDs of commentary by Virginia Hanson and George Linton are available through Quest Books website and Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library.
Notes
- ↑ Oregon State University yearbook, 1924, page 324.
- ↑ United States Census for 1930.
- ↑ Official Register of the United States (1959), 504. Available to Mocavo.com.
- ↑ U. S. Public Records Index Volume 2.
- ↑ U. S. Social Security Death Index and Oregon Death Index.
- ↑ Anonymous obituary. Fohat 1.3 (Fall, 1997), 69.
- ↑ Nancy Secrest, obituary "George Linton 1903-1997)", Quest 85.4 (April, 1997), 19.