Frank Edward McClure

Background

McClure, Frank Edward was born on June 3, 1924 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Denny Hanks and Irma (Vose) McClure.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1944.

Career

Chief engineer, Thomas F. Chace Cons., San Francisco, 1947-1952; partner, Jennings & McClure Cons. Engineers, Berkeley, 1952-1954; senior structural engineer, Oakland Public Schools, 1954-1955; construction engineering, Frank McClure, Cons. Engineer, Oakland, California, 1955-1962; partner, McClure & Messinger, Cons.

Engineers, Oakland, 1962-1975; university engineer, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-1977; senior structural engineer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, 1978-1991; consultant structural engineer specializing in earthquake engineering,, Orinda, California, since 1991. Member commission on earthquake engineering National Research Council, Washington, 1983-1985. Made fieldreports and investigations on earthquake damage in the United States and abroad, 1952-1989l.

Membership

Served to lieutenant junior grade Council for Exceptional Children, United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, Okinawa. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers Association, California Seismological Society of America, International Conference Building Officials, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (president 1987-1989), Order of Golden Bear, Tau Beta Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: birdwatching, gardening, photography.

Connections

Married Augusta Tolles, April 12, 1946. Children: Edward Denny, Anne Elizabeth, Robert Coke Hill, Julia Margaret.

Father:

Denny Hanks McClure

Mother:

Irma (Vose) McClure

Spouse:

Augusta Tolles

child:

Edward Denny McClure

child:

Anne Elizabeth McClure

child:

Julia Margaret McClure

child:

Robert Coke Hill McClure