Background
Winterkorn, Hans Friedrich was born on November 24, 1905 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Valentin Gueneme and Elisabeth Christine (de Gedde) Winterkorn.
Winterkorn, Hans Friedrich was born on November 24, 1905 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Valentin Gueneme and Elisabeth Christine (de Gedde) Winterkorn.
Student Ruperto-Carola University, Heidelberg, Germany, 1924-1931. Doctorate. Natural Philosophy, U. Heidelberg, 1931. Postgraduate U. Missouri, Massachusetts Institute Technology, University of Michigan.
Came to the United States, 1931, naturalized, 1938. Head division chemistry School Adult Education, Mannheim, 1929-1931. Research chemist, engineer Missouri Highway Department, 1931-1932, research consultant, 1932-1942.
Research associate professor soil mechanics U. Missouri, 1940-1942, associate professor сivil engineering, 1942-1943.
Associate professor сivil engineering Princeton, 1943-1955, professor, 1955-1974, professor emeritus, 1974-1979. Research consultant Vialidad Nacional Argentina, 1937-1940.
Owner, manager Winterkorn Research Institute. Lecturer, consultant in Europe, Near and Middle East, 1964-1965, Nigeria, 1972, Japan, India, 1973.
Consultant Turkish Highway Engineering Mission to the United States, 1945, private road improvement interests, Argentina, 1946, Bureau Yards and Docks, Navy Department, 1947-1952, unites states department Interior, 1954-1979, General Electric Company (lunar soils), 1961-1965, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute Technology, United States Air Force, 1963-1970.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (life). Member Soil Science Society American (chairman soil technical section 1943-1945), American Road Builders Association (consultant Pan American division), American Association of University Professors, Association Asphalt Paving Technologists (life), Highway Research Board (Chairman of Commission physico-chemical phenomena in soils 1936-1966), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Alpha.
Married Hazel Zumwalt, October 13, 1940. Children: Hans Friedrich Zumwalt, Erik Guinemer de Gedde.