Background
McLindon, Gerald Joseph was born on August 27, 1923 in Bathgate, Scotland. Son of Patrick J. and Anne (Sloan) MacLachlan.
university dean design consultant
McLindon, Gerald Joseph was born on August 27, 1923 in Bathgate, Scotland. Son of Patrick J. and Anne (Sloan) MacLachlan.
Student, Liverpool College of Technology City and Guilds of London Structural Engineering, 1948. Bachelor of Architecture with Honors. Dipl.C.D., University Liverpool, England, 1951.
M.L.A., Harvard University, 1954.
Assistant professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1951-1955;
director, Metroplan, Little Rock, 1955-1958;
planning director, Cloverdale Corporation, Little Rock, 1958-1960;
owner, Gerald J. McLindon (planning consultants), Little Rock, 1960-1963;
director, Market St. Development Project, San Francisco, 1963-1966;
director state planning, State of Louisiana, 1968-1970;
dean, Louisiana State University College Design, Baton Rouge, 1966-1980. Principal Gerald J. McLindon & Associates (planning consultant), since 1960. Consultant to several United States Army Corps of Engineers divisions and districts, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources.
Member American Councilfor Construction Education, since 1974, member accreditation committee, 1974, chairman guidance committee, 1975, senior vice president, 1977-1978, president, 1978-1980, trustee, 1980-1985, member professional recognition committee, 1985-1987. Member Louisiana Governor's Committee on Waste Management, also chairman subcommittee on recycling and waste reduction, 1976-1978. Planning consultant to mayor president of East Baton Rouge.
Adjunct Professor college design Louisiana State University, 1993. Consultant Amite RIver Basin Commission, Louisiana, 1993.
Member Louisiana Domed Stadium Advisory Board, 1966-1972, Louisiana Health Planning Council, 1968-1974, Louisiana Health Planning Executive Committee, 1969-1974, Louisiana Mississippi River Crossing Advisory Committee, 1971-1972, Governor's Citizens Advisory Committee Transportation New Orleans, 1972-1978. Louisiana Trails Advisory Council member national air pollution manpower advisory committee Environmental Protection Agency, 1971-1976. Commissioner Offshore Louisiana Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal Authority, since 1972.
Member standards committee Foundation for Interior Design Education Research, 1972-1977, member accreditation committee, 1977-1985. Member transportation committee Louisiana Goals Program. Member environmental advisory board chief engineers Corps Engineers, Washington, 1977, chairman, 1978-1983.
Member codes committee National Research Council, 1980-1981. Member committee on highways and AOC National Academy of Sciences, 1982-1983. Member committee on abandoned mine land research priorities National Research Council, 1987-1988.
Member Permanent International Association Navigation Congresses, 1980-1985. Chairman East Baton Rouge Stormwater Management Advisory Board, 1989. Chairman Governor's Interagy.
Task Force on Flood Prevention and Mitigation, 1990, member State Mineral Board, 1989-1991. Leader People to People International Program. Served with British Army, 1942-1945.
Fellow American Institute (Constructors) committee on goals and objectives). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (committee for safety and pollution prevention equipment used in offshore gas operations, subcommittee on certified and accrediation 1976-1978), American Institute Landscape Architects (honorary), Royal Institute British Architects, American Institute Interior Designers (honorary), American Society Landscape Architects (special award for outstanding contributions to better environmental, merit award for professional excellence in communications 1986), Royal Agricultural Society Engineers, Arizona Senior Academy, Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce (transportation committee), Sigma Lambda Alpha.
Married Agnes Helena Cooke, July 12, 1951. Children: Michael, Christopher, Maureen, Ann, Andrew, John, Duncan.