Background
Pope, Alvin Lynn was born on October 24, 1938 in Corbin, Kentucky, United States. Son of Arthur Cole and Minnie Cecil (Jones) Pope.
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Alvin Lynn Pope
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Alvin Lynn Pope, American civil and structural engineer. Achievements: design of blast resistant structures. Most notable project was High Explosives Applications facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, which is the state-of-the-art research facility for high explosives in the United States.
Education
Student, Sue Bennett Junior College, London, Kentucky, 1958. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Indiana Institute of Technology, 1961. Postgraduate, University Louisville, 1967.
Career
Highway engineer Watkins Associates, Charleston, West Virginia, 1961-1964. Structural engineer (design of bridges) Vollmer Associates, Louisville, 1964-1967. Manager structural steel fabricator EH Strauss Company, Lexington, Company, 1967-1972.
Structural engineer Mason & Hanger Corporation, 1972-1986. Vice president engineering Mason & Hanger Engineering, since 1986.
Achievements
Membership
Staff sergeant Kentucky National Guard, 1963-1969. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (chair district 9 council 1991, Gillim award Kentucky Section 1994). Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Consulting Engineers Council, Society of America Military Engineers.
Connections
Married Reva LaVerne McWhorter, July 16, 1960. Children: LeeAnn, Mark Alvin.
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Religion
Baptist -
Political Party
Republican