Herman Robert Thurman

Background

Thurman, Herman Robert was born on April 7, 1926 in Louisville. Son of Herman R. and Frieda L. Abratis Thurman.

Education

Civil Engineer degree, U. Cincinnati, 1949; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1950.

Career

Engineer, structural steel design, F.H.McGraw for Armco, Middletown, Ohio., 1950-1951; trainee Construction Division, E.I. DuPont Company, Seaford, Delaware, 1951-1952; structural designer for Savannah River Plant, E.I. DuPont Company, Wilmington and Newark, 1952-1957; engineer commercial plants, E.I. DuPont Company, Newark, 1957-1960; structural design engineer international department, E.I. DuPont Company, Newark, 1960-1962; engineer stress analysis, explosions analysis, E.I. DuPont Company, Newark, 1962-1965; lead designer, mechanic and structural engineer, Textile Fiber Plants, Newark, 1965-1970; mechanic consultant, Stress Analysis/Explosion Analysis and Reconstrn., Newark, 1970-1977; project engineer, Atomic Energy Commission Work/E.I. DuPont Company, Newark, 1977-1986; part-time structural engineer, Cons. Design at First Contact Design, Hockessine, Delaware, since 1986.

Achievements

• Registered profile engineer, Delaware.

Membership

Corporal Army Signal Corps, 1944-1946. Member American Society Civil Engineers (vice president 1981, president 1982).

Connections

Married Elsie Evaline Graves, August 11, 1951. Children: Robert C., Eileen, David J.

Father:

Herman R.

Mother:

Frieda L. Abratis Thurman

Spouse:

Elsie Evaline Graves

child:

David J. Thurman

child:

Eileen Thurman

child:

Robert C. Thurman