Background
Saarinen, Arthur William was born on December 9, 1927 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Arthur William and Elsie (Gillespie) Saarinen.
corporate executive civil engineering consultant
Saarinen, Arthur William was born on December 9, 1927 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Arthur William and Elsie (Gillespie) Saarinen.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, U. Florida, 1950.
Sanitary engineer, Florida State Board Health, Jacksonville, 1950; assistant county engineer, Broward County Board of County Commissioners, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1950-1951; engineer, JH Philpott, Engineers, Fort Lauderdale, 1951-1954; vice president, Philpott, Ross & Saarinen, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, 1954-1970; president, Ross, Saarinen, Bolton & Wilder, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, 1970-1974; senior vice president, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1974; also board directors, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Member of advisory board Sun Bank (National Association), Orlando, Florida, 1983-1989.
Trustee Florida Nature Conservancy, Winter Pk., 1989-1993. President Fort Lauderdale Rotary, 1964-1965. Member planning and zoning board City of Plantation, Florida, 1968, board adjustment City of Lauderdale, 1972.
Board directors 1000 Friends of Florida, 1990-1993. Fellow (life) American Society of Civil Engineers. Member American Water Works Association (life), Water Environment Federation (life), (president 1989-1990, Bedell award 1980), Florida Institute Cons.
Engineers (president 1962-1963), Florida Pollution Control Association (president 1979-1980), Sigma Chi (consul 1949-1950), Tau Beta Pi (Eminent Engineer 1990).
Married Mary Jane Emig, June 30, 1950 (divorced May 1973). Children: Mary Louise, Linda (deceased). Married Jacqueline Rene Smith, March 1, 1974 (divorced March 1979).
1 child, Justin Arthur. Married Phyllis Park Weiner, April 21, 1979. Stepchildren: Heather Weiner, Garrett Weiner.