John Halstead
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In the 800 metres, held a week later, Halstead won his first round heat with a time of 2:01.4. He was placed sixth in the final.
He graduated from Cornell University in the same year with a degree in mechanical engineering. During the latter part of 1908 and 1909, he was one of the engineers who worked on the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in New York City. He held the rank of major in World War I and was the commanding officer of the Field Training Battalion at the Field Artillery Officers' Central Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. He was married on August 17, 1922, to Frances Lewis Underwood, at Hutchinson, Kansas. He died on November 15, 1951, in Buffalo, New York. His ashes are buried in the Rome (New York) Cemetery. Provided by Wikipedia
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