Background
Rist, Harold Ernest was born on August 6, 1919 in Newcomb, New York, United States. Son of Ernest DeVerne and Iva Cardine (Braley) Rist.
Rist, Harold Ernest was born on August 6, 1919 in Newcomb, New York, United States. Son of Ernest DeVerne and Iva Cardine (Braley) Rist.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1950; Master of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1952.
Project manager, Seelye, Stevenson, Value & Knecht, New York City, 1952-1958; principal, Harold E. Rist, Associations, Glens Falls, New York, 1958-1960; partner, chief Executive officer, Rist, Bright & Frost, Glens Falls, 1960-1964; partner, chief Executive officer, Rist, Frost & Associations, Glens Falls, 1964-1979; president, chief Executive officer, Rist-Frost Associations, Professional Corporation, Glens Falls, 1979-1984; Chairman of the Board, Rist-Frost Associations, Professional Corporation, Glens Falls, 1984-1989; chairman emeritus, Rist-Frost Associations, Professional Corporation, Glens Falls, since 1989. Partner, Chief Executive Officer Twenty-One Bay Partnership, since 1970, Smith Flats Partnership, since 1976, Glens Falls Communications corporation, 1985-1996, Harold E. Rist, Association Cons. Engineers-Geothermal Energy Systems.
Commissioner Hudson River Valley Commission, Tarrytown, New York, 1970-1978. Served with United States Army, 1942-1945. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, Consultant Engineers Council New York (president 1966-1968), American Consultant Engineers Council (vice president 1970-1972), National Professional Services Council (board directors 1972-1985), New York State Association of the Professions (charter), Adirondack Regional Chamber of C. (vice president 1984-1989), Adirondack North Country Association (board directors 1959-1986, vice chairman 1985-1992), Masons, Safari Club International, Surfside Vacation Club (Kihea, Maui, Hawaii, president 1987-1996, 97—).
Married Vera Leona Basuk, July 30, 1942 (divorced June 1980). Children: Cherry Diana Rist Chapman, Harold Ernest II, Byron Basuk. Married Ruth Anne Mahony, August 16, 1980.