E. Lionel Pavlo

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E. Lionel Pavlo (* 1905 or 1906 ; † September 10, 1989 in Manhattan ) was an American civil engineer and bridge builder .

Life

E. Lionel Pavlo was from Ukraine . He graduated from Robert College in Istanbul in 1929 and emigrated to the United States that same year. He did a Ph.D. in 1932. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

Commodore Barry Bridge

Pavlo founded E. Lionel Pavlo Engineering in Manhattan in 1947 . He subsequently designed bridges and highways with a total value of over a billion US dollars. His work in the United States included the Founders Bridge over the Connecticut River (1957), the Silver Memorial Bridge over the Ohio River (1969), the Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi (1973) and the Commodore Barry Bridge over the Delaware River (1974). For the Nigerien capital Niamey he planned the Kennedy Bridge over the Niger (1970).

Shortly after Pavlo's death in 1989, his company was sold to James O'Dea and traded under the names O'Dea, Pavlo & Associates and OPA Engineers Inc. until it went bankrupt in 1995 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b E. L. Pavlo, 83, Dies; A Designer of Bridges. In: The New York Times. September 28, 1989, accessed November 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Obituaries . In: RC Quarterly. Robert College Alumni Magazine . Winter, 1990, p. 35 ( webportal.robcol.k12.tr [PDF; accessed on November 4, 2017]).
  3. ^ E. Lionel Pavlo Engineering. In: Structurae , accessed on November 4, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Pavlo, E. Lionel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American civil engineer and bridge builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1905 or 1906
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1989
Place of death Manhattan