Certificate of Engineering from State of Ohio awarded to James A. Parsons

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A certificate from the State of Ohio’s Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors awarded to James Albert Parsons, Jr. on July 15, 1947. The certificate is printed in black ink on beige paper, with details completed by hand. There is a printed Ohio state seal at top center, an illustrated city skyline background at center right, and an affixed gold seal in the bottom left corner. The certificate authorizes Parsons to practice in the state of Ohio as a professional metallurgical engineer. It was signed by the agency’s chairman, Thomas J. Smull, and secretary Robert N. Waid.

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