David Cushman Coyle


David Cushman Coyle was an American structural engineer, economist, and writer. Coyle was the structural engineer of the Washington State Capitol and a prominent economic thinker during the New Deal.

Early life

David Cushman Coyle was born in 1887. His parents were John Patterson Coyle, a Congregational minister, and Mary Cushman Coyle. His sister was Grace Coyle.

Career

Coyle was a structural engineer, economist and writer.

Personal life and death

Coyle had a wife, Doris, two sons, and a daughter. He resided in Washington, D.C. and Cliff Island, Portland, Maine, and summered in Cape Porpoise, Maine. He died in 1969 in Washington, D.C.

Selected works