Biographical Information
| Name: | Frank L. Stahl |
|---|---|
| Born on | 29 January 1920 in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany, Europe |
| Deceased on | 17 April 2011 in Sandy Springs, Fulton County, Georgia, USA, North America |
| Place(s) of activity: | |
| 1938 - 1939 | Begins his studies at the ETH in Zurich, but due to the outbreak of World War II he is interned for two years in a labor camp. After being released he works in an engineer's office and attends an evening school to obtain his engineer's degree. |
| 1946 | Graduates from the Abend-Technikum in Zurich. |
| 1946 | Begins to work for Ammann & Whitney. |
| 1955 - 1967 | Project engineer at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1968 - 1976 | Associate at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1977 - 1981 | Senior Associate at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1978 - 1983 | ASTM Vice-Chairman Committee A1 on Steel (1971-1982 Chairman of the subcommitte on steel reinforcement). |
| 1982 | ASTM Award of Merit. |
| 1982 - 1993 | Chief engineer at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1983 | ASCE Innovation in Civil Engineering Award of Merit. |
| 1986 | James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Gold Award. |
| 1986 | AISC Prize Bridge, Category Reconstruction, for Golden Gate Bridge deck replacement. |
| 1992 | IBC John A. Roebling Medal for lifetime achievement in bridge engineering. |
| Beginning in 1994 | Independent consultant. |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
- Golden Gate Bridge - John A. Roebling's Sons Company
- Royal Gorge Bridge
- Delaware Memorial Bridge cables
- Throgs Neck Bridge - Ammann & Whitney
- Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge - Ammann & Whitney
- Walt Whitman Bridge
Bibliography
- : Bridge Rehabilitation. In: Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section [ASCE] v. 5, n. 2, 1990.
- : The Golden Gate Bridge. Backbone of a Transit System. In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 12/1980, v. 352.
- (1995): Golden Gate Bridge - Performance Under Wind Loading. Presented at: Structures Congress XIII, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-5.4.1995, pp. 1550-1553.
- (1992): Cable Systems Investigations ot Improve Corrosion Protection for the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge. Presented at: 9th Annual International Bridge Conference, 1992, Paper IBC 92-10.
- (1996): Cable Corrosion in Bridges and Other Structures. ASCE Press, New York (USA), pp. 225.
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