Background
Dietz, Albert George Henry was born on March 7, 1908 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Peter and Adele (Grevsmuhl) Dietz.
Dietz, Albert George Henry was born on March 7, 1908 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Peter and Adele (Grevsmuhl) Dietz.
Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, 1930; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941.
With department building engineering and construction, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1934-1962;
assistant, instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936-1941;
assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941-1946;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1950;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950-1962;
professor building engineering departments сivil engineering and architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1973;
emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1973;
director plastic research laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1962;
on leave of absence to, Forest Products laboratories as senior construction engineering, 1942. Field service consultant Office Field Service Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1944-1945. Consultant construction and materials, since 1940.
Chairman building research advisory board NAS-National Research Council.
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Member Engineering Education Mission to Japan, 1952. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary), Royal Society Arts. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (honorary, Richard L. Templin award 1948, Walter Voss award 1974, award merit 1957), Society Plastics Industry, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Engineering Education, Forest Products Research Society, Society Plastics Engineers (past national director, International Gold medal 1971), Boston Society Civil Engineers (Desmond Fitzgerald award 1945, 56), Building Research Institute (past director), Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon (honorary).
Married Ruth Avery, September 9, 1936. Children: Margaret, Henry Avery.