Background
Broms, Bengt Baltzar was born on June 17, 1928 in Örebro, Sweden. Son of Hans Henning and Ingrid Sonja Broms.
Broms, Bengt Baltzar was born on June 17, 1928 in Örebro, Sweden. Son of Hans Henning and Ingrid Sonja Broms.
Civil Engineering, Chalmers Technology University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1952. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1956.
Research engineer, Shell Development Company, Houston, 1956-1959; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1959-1964; director general, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Stockholm, 1964-1974; professor, Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1974-1983; professor, Nanyang Technological U., Singapore, 1983-1995. Honorary professor Tonji U., Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 1986.
Married Carina Birgitta Hökerberg, May 23, 1930. Children: Bengt Erik, Karin Margareta, Peter Baltzar.