Background
Golze, Alfred Rudolf was born on July 6, 1905 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Rudolph Leon and Blanche (Wenderoth) Golze.
Golze, Alfred Rudolf was born on July 6, 1905 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Rudolph Leon and Blanche (Wenderoth) Golze.
B.S.C.E., University Pennsylvania, 1930. Civil Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1940.
Engineer, subways, Philadelphia, 1925—1927. Valuation engineer Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 1930—1933. Designing engineer United States Bureau Reclamation, Denver, 1933—1935.
Supervising engineer in charge Civilian Conservation Camps Bureau Reclamation, Washington, 1936—1943. Budget examiner, public works Bureau Budget, San Francisco, Washington, 1943—1945. Assistant director, operations & maintenance Bureau Reclamation, 1945—1947, director, programs & finance, 1947—1953, chief, program coordination & finance division, 1953—1958, assistant commissioner, 1958—1961.
Chief engineer California Department Water Resources, 1961—1967, deputy director Sacramento, 1967—1971. Chief hydroelectric engineer Burns & Roe Inc., Los Angeles, 1971—1973, chief water resources engineer, 1973—1974. Private practice, 1975—1987.
Consultant Government Turkey, 1960, Agency for International Development, Pakistan, 1964. Chairman, committee model law on safety of dams United States Committee Large Dams, 1968—1971, member, executive committee, 1969—1974, United States Committee Irrigation, Drainage & Flood Control, 1967—1972.
Fellow: American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary. President, national capital section 1958-1959, chairman, committee engineering education 1959-1960, chairman, national water policy committee 1972-1973, president, Sacramento section 1968-1969, member, jury to select outstanding civil engineering achievement 1979). Member: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Society of America Military Engineers, Federal Government Accountants Association (Washington chapter president 1960-1961), Commonwealth Club (San Francisco), Cosmos Club (Washington), Theta Xi (president, Washington alumni 1956-1957), Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon (University Colorado chapter) (honorary), Sigma Xi (associate).
Married Gladys Louise Whitney. Children: Gretchen Wenderoth, Peter Wenderoth.