Background
Kugelman, Irwin Jay was born on February 15, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel Solomon and Sylvia (Habas) Kugelman.
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Irwin Jay Kugelman
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Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Cooper Union University, 1958. Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960. ScDCE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.
Career
Junior and assistant civil engineer, City of New York, 1958-1959;
research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1961;
assistant professor сivil engineering, New York University, New York City, 1962-1965;
research scientist, American Standard Corporation, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1965-1970;
research sanitary engineer, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, 1970-1982;
director environmental studies, professor сivil engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1982-1996;
chair department сivil engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1985-1994;
professor сivil engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1982-1996. Consultant Alexander Potter Association, New York City, 1963-1964, Hydrotechnic Corporation, New York City, 1964-1965. Board directors ACT Corporation, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Member environmental engineering peer panel United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1979-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Finance secretary, vice president Northern Hills Synagogue, Cincinnati, 1971-1981. Vice president Bureau Jewish Education, Cincinnati, 1975-1981. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (department chair council 1990-1993, Water Environmental Federation (assistant chair research committee 1986-1991), American Water Works Association, American Chemical Society.
Connections
Married Ruth Lillian Cariski, August 28, 1958. Children: Sylvia E., Harold M., Elizabeth A., Maura J.
