Background
Person, Hjalmer T. was born on February 7, 1903 in Hitchcock, South Dakota, United States. Son of John F. and Marie (Larsen) Person.
Person, Hjalmer T. was born on February 7, 1903 in Hitchcock, South Dakota, United States. Son of John F. and Marie (Larsen) Person.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer, South Dakot State College, 1925. Master of Science, Iowa State College, 1927. Civil Engineer, South Dakot State College, 1932.
Assistant professor сivil engineering, South Dakota State College, 1927-1929. Assistant and associate professor, Wyoming University, 1929-1934, professor and division chairman 1934-1948, dean of engineering, 1948-1964, later president, emeritus, 1964-1974. Consultant J. T. Banner & Associates, 1964-1974.
Director ESMWT Program, 1942-1945.
(part time) director United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and State surveys, 1933-1934. Detailer Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company, summer 1926.
Bridge designer Southern Dakota Highway Department, summer 1928.
Detailer American Branch Company summer 1929.
Bridge designer Missouri State Highway Department, summers 1930 and 1931. Special engineer Wyoming State Planning Board, summers 1936, ’37, ’38. Soil Conservation Service, 1939.
Construction engineering for West. West. Flora, summers 1940-1941.
Private engineering practice since 1935. Partner Person and McGau, 1942-1950.
Partner J. T. Banner & Associates, 1950-1974. Consultant to Wyoming State Engineer on Upper Colorado, Cheyenne, Bear, Yellowstone and Snake River Compact Commission since August 1946.
Wyoming commissioner Upper Colorado River Basin Commission.
Member Presidents Missouri Basin Survey Commission, 1952-1953. Chairman Wyoming State Planning Board, 1934-1935. President Vice-President Wyoming Board Examination Engineers since 1935.
Past president, Wyoming section American Society of Civil Engineers.
Past president, Wyoming, Engineering Society. Member Wyoming Reclamation Association (secretary 1938-1955).
Director Western Zone, National Council, State Bds. of Examing Engineers, 1940-1943, vice president, 1943-1944, president, 1944-1946, chairman commission on qualifications for registration, 1947-1949, representative Engineers Council Professional Development, 1948-1949, recipient Distinguished Service certificate, 1955. Member Laramie Chamber of Commerce (director 1944-1946).
Secretary Association of Western State Engineers, 1939 and 1944.
Member American Society England Education (member committee on examination education division, 1944-1946). Pacific Northwest Development Association (director)., American Society of Civil Engineers (member committee on Registration Engineers 1945-1949, Executive Committee irrigation and drainage division 1954-1959, chairman 1959, chairman Wyoming. Membership Committee.
Married Maurine East. Hollo, May 29, 1931. Children: John Granger, Hjalma Maurine.