Background
Friel, Francis De Sales was born on February 24, 1894 in Queenstown, Maryland, United States. Son of John and Avis (Whiting) Friel.
Friel, Francis De Sales was born on February 24, 1894 in Queenstown, Maryland, United States. Son of John and Avis (Whiting) Friel.
Civil Engineer, Drexel Institute Technology, 1916, Doctor of Engineering, 1949. Doctor of Laws, University of Scranton, 1958, Pennsylvania Military College, 1959. Doctorate.E. Science, Lafayette College, 1960.
Doctor of Science, Villanova University, 1961.
President Albright & Friel, Incorporated., consultant engineers, 1931-1962, Chairman of the Board, since 1962, specializing in water, sewage, industrial wastes, power plants, incineration, city planning, highways, bridges, airports, flood control, dams, Army and Navy installations, financial studies and reports. Registered engineer, Pennsylvania (member state registration board 1952-1958), New York, New Jersey, Maryland., Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio. Board director Beneficial Saving Fund Bank Philadelphia.
Vice chairman of the board of trustees Drexel Institute Technology.
Member of board trustees Trinity College.
Served as major Civil Engineer, United States Army, World War I. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (national president 1958-1959), American Institute Consultant Engineers (president 1955-1956), International Commision on Large Dams (vice president 1958-1961, chairman United States committee 1955-1958), American Water Works Association (chairman Pennsylvania section 1955-1958, recipient of the Fuller award 1959), Water Pollution Control Federation (president 1946-1947), American Concrete Institute American Public Works Association, Pennsylvania Society Professional Engineers, American Public Health Association, International Association Hydraulic Research, World Power Congress, American Road Builders Association, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Pi Kappa Phi.
Papal Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, Kentucky colonel, 1959. Clubs: Engineers, Philadelphia Country, Skytop, Union League (Philadelphia).
Married Sarah Gertrude Scanlan, October 17, 1921.