Background
Rohlich, Gerard Addison was born on July 8, 1910 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry Otto and Margaret Loretta (Burns) Rohlich.
educator civil and environmental engineer
Rohlich, Gerard Addison was born on July 8, 1910 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry Otto and Margaret Loretta (Burns) Rohlich.
Graduate school
Instructor сivil engineering Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1937-1939. Assistant professor сivil engineering Pennsylvania State College, State College, 1941-1943, associate professor, 1945-1946. Senior sanitary engineer, office chief of engineers
Department War, Washington, 1943-1944.
Chief project engineer Esna Corporation, Union, New Jersey, 1944-1945. Professor сivil engineering University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1946-1972, associate dean graduate school, 1963-1965, director Water Resources Center, 1963-1971, director Institute Environmental Studies, 1967-1970.
C.W. Cook professor environmental engineering, professor public affairs University Texas, Austin, 1972-1983. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1963, U. Helsinki, Finland, 1970.
Walker-Ames professor of University Washington, Seattle, 1972.
Member of advisory board on hazardous wastes Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress. Consultant World Health Organization. Commissioner Madison Water Utility, 1961-1970.
Member board Wisconsin Department Natural Resources, 1966-1972.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulics award 1972). Member National Academy Engineering.
Married Mary Elizabeth Murphy, September 8, 1941. Children: Mary Ellen, Gerard A., Thomas Henry, Karl Otto, Catherine Ann, Henry James, Virginia Jean, John Harold, Richard Joseph, James William.