Background
Kalinka, John Ernst was born on December 16, 1888 in Tyrol, Austria. Son of Doctor Francis and Anna (Wolf) Kalinka.
Kalinka, John Ernst was born on December 16, 1888 in Tyrol, Austria. Son of Doctor Francis and Anna (Wolf) Kalinka.
Student High School, Vienna, Austria, 1898-1906. Engineer’son Diploma, Technology U. Vienna, 1911.
Margaretha Kalinka, December 30, 1920. 1 son, Fred Otto; married second, Dorothea von Mazanec Engelhardswall, September 9, 1932. 1 son, Hans Sanford. Came to the United States, 1924, naturalized 1930.
Engineer Austrian Southern Railroad, 1911-1915.
Captain Austrian Engineers Corps, 1915-1918. Construction engineering for construction of railroads and bridges Jugoslavia and Austria, 1918-1924.
Engineer Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh, 1924-1925. Successively engineer, chief engineer, director, executive vice president Roberts & Schaefer Company, Chicago, from 1925, chairman, from 1953.
President Thompson Starrett Company, Incorporated., from 1954.
Member American Railroad Engineering Association, American Concrete Institute, Society of Military Engineers, Chicago Engineers. Club, Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Club: Cornell (New York City).
Married Doctor;; married second, Dorothea von Mazanec Engelhardswall, September 9, 1932.