Elmer Irving Fiesenheiser

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Elmer Irving Fiesenheiser (also Elmer I. Fiesenheiser , EI Fiesenheiser , born August 4, 1906 in South Bend , Indiana , † May 8, 1998 in Greenwood , Indiana) was an American civil engineer .

Life

Family and education

The from South Bend in the US state of native Indiana Elmer Irving Fiese Heiser, son of Christian G. Fiese Heiser and Dorothea Schubert Fiese Heiser studied after high school degree in civil engineering at the Purdue University in West Lafayette , 1930 graduated it with honors to the Bachelor of Science , in 1945 he received his degree in civil engineering. In 1946 Fiesenheiser earned a Master of Science degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago .

Elmer Irving Fiesenheiser married Ellen Carlson on December 27, 1930. From this marriage came the daughter Ellen Florence. He died in May 1998 at the age of 91 in Greenwood, Indiana.

Professional career

Elmer Irving Fiesenheiser joined the American Bridge Company in 1930 as a civil engineer . In 1935 Fiesenheiser moved to the United States. Bureau of Public Roads . In 1941 he took a job with the Chicago Sanitary District, which he resigned in 1942. He was also employed by Arthur G. McKee & Company. In 1943 Elmer Irving Fiesenheiser accepted a call as Professor of Civil Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and in 1953 he was appointed Director of the Civil Engineering Department. In addition, Fiesenheiser acted as a consulting structural engineer from 1943 .

Elmer Irving Fiesenheiser, one of the leading civil engineers and structural designers in the United States of his day, was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of Sigma Xi , the American Society of Civil Engineers , the American Society for Engineering Education , the American Railway Engineering Association, the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, and the American Concrete Institute .

Publications

  • Analysis and Design of Continuous Frames with Arched Members. MS Illinois Institute of Technology 1946, The author, Chicago, IL., 1946
  • The Versalog slide rule: an introduction manual. Frederick Post Company, Chicago, IL., 1951
  • The Fiesenheiser test of ability to read drawings. Psychometric Affiliates, cop., Chicago, IL., 1955

literature

  • American Concrete Institute: Journal of the American Concrete Institute. Volume 25. American Concrete Institute, Detroit, Mich., 1954, p. 27.
  • Robert Cecil Cook (Ed.): Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States. Volume 18. Who's Who in American Education, Nashville, Tenn., 1957, p. 354.
  • John W. Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, MM Lewis: Who's who in engineering. Volume 8. John W. Leonard Corporation, New York, 1959, p. 783.
  • Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women. : Volume 33 (1964-1965). Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1964, p. 641.
  • Construction Methods & Equipment. Volume 59. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1977, p. 46.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elmer Irving Fiesenheiser in the US Social Security Death Register (SSDI), accessed September 18, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Fiesenheiser, Elmer Irving
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fiesenheiser, Elmer I .; Fiesenheiser, EI
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH South Bend , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1998
Place of death Greenwood , Indiana