Background
Vandepitte, Daniël Camille Cornelis was born on May 29, 1922 in Poperinge, Belgium. Son of Henry C. and Maria M. (Lemahieu) Vandepitte.
Vandepitte, Daniël Camille Cornelis was born on May 29, 1922 in Poperinge, Belgium. Son of Henry C. and Maria M. (Lemahieu) Vandepitte.
Degree in сivil engineering, Ghent (Belgium) U., 1944; degree in higher education, Ghent (Belgium) U., 1953; M Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, 1949.
Design engineer, Stabilis, Ghent, 1945-1946;
member of staff, Ministry Public Works, Ghent, 1946-1956;
lecturer, Ghent U., 1950-1956;
associate professor сivil engineering, Ghent U., 1956-1960;
professor, Ghent U., 1960-1987;
president, Ghent U., 1969-1973;
honorary president, Ghent U., since 1973;
professor emeritus, Ghent U., since 1987. Member technical county, Bureau SECO, Brussels, 1956-1980, chairman, 1980-1998. Committee chairman, Standardization Institute, Brussels, 1982-1995.
President National Fund Science Research, Brussels, 1970-1971. Initiator engineering education, National U. Rwanda, Butare, 1973.
Member Royal Academy Belgium, Royal Flemish Society Engineers (president 1963-1965), Society Study Materials (president 1981-1985), European Convention Constrnl. Steelwork (committee chairman 1974-1993), Order of the Prince.
Married Hilda S. L. Loos, August 24,1959. Children: Dirk V.H., Frank K.T., Jan W.