Ephraim Fred Brecher

Background

Brecher, Ephraim Fred was born on November 22, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Morris Abraham and Mary (Wiener) Brecher.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.

Career

Junior engineer, Dorfman-Bloom, Inc., Philadelphia, 1955-1959; staff engineer, David Bloom, Inc., Philadelphia, 1959-1964; associate, David Bloom, Inc., Philadelphia, 1964-1971; vice president, senior engineer, Caltech & Associations, Philadelphia, 1971-1972; chief structural engineer, GBQC, Philadelphia, 1972-1974; associate, chief structural engineer, GBQC, Philadelphia, 1974-1976; principal, chief structural engineer, GBQC, Philadelphia, 1976-1990; consultant structural engineer, Brecher Associations, Philadelphia, since 1990. Expert witness to legal and insurance communities.

Achievements

• Ephraim Fred Brecher has been listed as a noteworthy Structural engineering consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Educational counselor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Admissions Office, Philadelphia, since 1984. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1953-1955. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, American Conc.

Institute, American Concrete Institute (local chapter president 1981-1982). Member Carpenters Company of the City and County of Philadelphia (managing chair 1989, junior warden 1990, middle warden 1991, senior warden 1992, secretary 1993, vice president 1994, president 1995, trustee since 1996), Franklin Institute Committee for Science and Arts, Society North America Goldsmiths.

Interests

• Avocations: model railroads, fine jewelry, bowling, cooking, gardening.

Connections

Married Sandra Louise Footer, August 7, 1955 (divorced December 1990). Children: Leslie, Deanne, Neil Andrew. Married Jeanette Joanne Sparks, October 15, 1995.

Father:

Morris Abraham Brecher

Mother:

Mary (Wiener) Brecher

Spouse:

Jeanette Joanne Sparks

Spouse:

Sandra Louise Footer

child:

Neil Andrew Brecher

child:

Deanne Brecher

child:

Leslie Brecher