Background
Lichtner, William Otto was born on August 25, 1883 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William W. and Johanna G. (Otto) Lichtner.
Lichtner, William Otto was born on August 25, 1883 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William W. and Johanna G. (Otto) Lichtner.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer, Illinois Institute Technology, 1907.
Estimator and construction engineer on concrete bridges, 1905-1907. Associated with Sanford East. Thompson, Boston, 1907-1915. Partner The Thompson & Lichtner Company, 1916, vice-president and treasurer since 1925.
President The William
O. Lichtner Associates, management counsellors, 1932-1941. Chief engineering consultant, War Production Board, 1942. Chief of technicians, American Technical Mission to Brazil, 1942.
Resigned Government service, May 1943, to resume engineering business.
Lecturer on management and labor problems at Massachusetts Institute Technology, Harvard, Syracuse University, et cetera
Member Association of Consulting Management Engineers, Institute of Management, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Married Evelyn Rodgers, June 9, 1915. Children: William Otto, Junior.