Lynn S. Beedle
American structural engineer
Dr. Lynn S. Beedle (December 7, 1917 – October 30, 2003) was an American structural engineer, the founder and the director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and known for his design and building of skyscrapers.2
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Born Dec 7, 1917, died Oct 30, 2003.1
About
The New York Times has called him "an expert on tall buildings".
Beedle is also credited with making Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania a center of research for civil and structural engineering because of his "groundbreaking studies on the properties of steel structures".
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Early life and education
Beedle was born in Orland, California. In 1941, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.S. degree in civil engineering, and joined the US Navy where he commanded underwater explosion research at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia and served as Deputy Officer in Charge of the Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
Following the war, Beedle joined the faculty at Lehigh University as a research instructor. While teaching, he completed his graduate education, earning an M.S. in 1949 and a Ph.D. in 1952.
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Career
Occupation: structural engineer, inventor.6
- Date not recordedWorked at Lehigh University4
- Date not recordedFounded Council on Vertical Urbanism5
Personal life
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