Background
Bruhn, Hjalmar Diehl was born on August 5, 1907 in near Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Aksel Theodor and Emma Bertha (Diehl) Bruhn.
educator agricultural engineer
Bruhn, Hjalmar Diehl was born on August 5, 1907 in near Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Aksel Theodor and Emma Bertha (Diehl) Bruhn.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Wisconsin, 1931; Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1933; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1937.
Member of faculty department agricultural engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1933-1997; department chairman, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1962-1966; professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978-1997; consultant, H.D. Bruhn and Associations, Madison, 1978-1997. External examiner U. Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa, 1976, 77.
Past board directors Highlands-Mendota Beach School, Madison Township. President, board directors Middleton (Wisconsin) Sportsmen's Club, 1962-1977. Fellow American Society Agricultural Engineers (McCormick Case Gold medal 1992, Engineer of Year Wisconsin section 1971, Outstanding Paper award 1955, 74).
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Association of University Professors, Wisconsin Society Professional Engineers, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Green. Vegetation Research, others.
Married Janet Helen Weber, August 7, 1938. 1 child, Janet Margaret Bruhn Jeffcott.