Background
Cohen was born in Chicago and died in East Orange, New Jersey.
Cohen was born in Chicago and died in East Orange, New Jersey.
Purdue University.
He earned a degree in civil engineering from Purdue University in 1905 and an honorary doctorate in 1949. Cohen spent a majority of his career with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Doctor of Laws&West) before leaving in 1920 to form his own consulting practice in New York City. As a consulting engineer, he designed a number of concrete spans in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Binghamton, New York, and elsewhere.
He died on February 11, 1956.
Cohen was an active member of the American Concrete Institute and earned ACI"s Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper in 1927.