Background
Freudenthal, Alfred Martin was born on February 12, 1906 in Stryj, Poland. Son of Simon and Gustafa (Mueller) Freudenthal.
Freudenthal, Alfred Martin was born on February 12, 1906 in Stryj, Poland. Son of Simon and Gustafa (Mueller) Freudenthal.
Civil Engineer, Technische Hochschule, Prague, Czechoslavakia, 1929, Doctor of Science in Engineering, 1930. Master of Science in Theoretical Physics, Charles University, Prague, 1930.
1 son, Pierre Simon. Came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1953. Design engineer reinforced concrete and steel, Prague, 1930-1934. Consultant engineering, Warsaw, Poland, 1934-1935.
From structural engineer to resident engineer Portuguese of Tel Aviv, Palestine, 1935-1945.
Consultant to chief engineer British Army, Palestine, and Transjordan, 1941-1944. Construction engineering Tel Aviv, 1945-1947.
Lecturer, later professor сivil engineering Hebrew Institute Technology, Haifa, Palestine, 1937-1949. Visiting professor theoretical and applied mechanics University of Illinois, 1947-1948.
Lecturer and research consultant Columbia, 1948-1949, University of Illinois, 1948-1957.
Professor сivil engineering Columbia, 1949-1969, director Institute Fatigue and Structural Reliability, 1962-1969. Professor civil and materials engineering and director Institute Materials Engineering and Structural Reliability George Washington University, 1969-1976, professor emeritus from 1976, department chairman civil, mechanic and environmental engineering, 1970-1974. Visiting professor Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1970, 71.
Visiting professor U. Hamburg (Germany), 1975-1976.
Senior scientist award German Federal Government, 1975. Construction engineering.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (Freudenthal medal established 1976). Member Society Rheology, International Association Bridge and Structural Engineers, International Association Navigation Congresses, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Mary Ann Silberstein, February 9, 1939, remarried, 1972. Married second, Maria Ronay, August 24, 1962.