Background
Ringo, Boyd Colburn was born on May 16, 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Boyd Riley and Helen (Colburn) Ringo.
Ringo, Boyd Colburn was born on May 16, 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Boyd Riley and Helen (Colburn) Ringo.
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, Washington University, 1950. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Washington University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University Michigan, 1964.
Postgrad, Michigan State University, 1958.
Architectural draftsman Gallmaier Engineering Company, Oklahoma City, 1950-1951. Assistant project engineer Granco Steel Products Company, Granity City, Illinois, 1951-1952. Structural designer Sverdrup & Parcel Consulting Engineers, St. Louis, 1952-1954.
Instructor department civil engineering Michigan State University, E. Lansing, 1954-1957, assistant professor, 1957-1961. Assistant professor department civil engineering University Cincinnati, 1961-1964, associate professor, 1964-1967, professor, 1967-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987. Consultant to various industrial and manufacturing firms, since 1955.
Reviewer for McGraw Hill Book Company, 1966. Judge for Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Competition, 1964, 69. Lecturer on Concrete structure, slabs-on-grade, tornadoes and structural damage to Civil Defense and the community, since 1954.
Committeeman Dan Beard council Cub Scouts American, 1968-1979, assistant scoutmaster, 1972-1979. Sunday School teacher Faith Lutheran, Cincinnati, 1972-1974. Finance committee Roselawn Lutheran Church, since 1979.
Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (faculty adviser 1962-1964, reviewer Journal for structural division 1968-1972), American Institute Steel Construction (Special Citation award 1972), American Society Engineering Education (Western Electric Fund award for Teaching Excellence 1976), Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Married Marie Helen Smolicek, September 13, 1948. Children– Kim Ellen, Lynn Ann, William Colburn.