Background
Gnaedinger, John Phillip was born on January 11, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Joseph and Edna Mary (Metz) Gnaedinger.
consultant structural engineer
Gnaedinger, John Phillip was born on January 11, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Joseph and Edna Mary (Metz) Gnaedinger.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Cornell University, 1946. Master of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1947.
Structural engineer, Shaw Metz-Dolio, Chicago, 1946-1949; founder, president, Soil Testing Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Evanston and Northbrook, Chicago, 1948-1991; founder, president, J.P. Gnaedinger Research Corporation, Glenview, Illinois, since 1991; chairman emeritus, STS Cons., Ltd., Vernon Hills, Illinois, since 1991. Lecturer China Coal Mine Design Institute, 1984. Archaeology-engineer, member of advisory bd.Performance Information Center.
Creator Careers for Youth. Mediation, arbitration Sys. Resolving Disputes. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (chairman standard commission on shore protection systems, standard commission on independent project peer review, standard commission on design and analysis nuclear safety-related earth structures, Chicago civil engineer of year award 1979), Association Soil and Foundation Engineers (founder, past president).
Member NAS (past chairman building research advisory board), American Society Testing and Materials (past secretary, honorary member D-18), Western Society Engineers (past president, honorary), Chicago Assn.Technol. Socs. (past president), Illinois Society Professional Engineers, Illinois Engineering Council, Economics Club Chicago, Chief Executives Organisation.
Married Elizabeth Williams, March 15, 1956. Children: John Phillip Junior, Sarah Gnaedinger Booras.