Joseph Penzien

Background

Penzien, Joseph was born on November 27, 1924 in Philip, South Dakota, United States. Son of John Chris and Ella (Stebbins) Penzien.

Education

Student, College Idaho, 1942—1943. Bachelor of Science, University Washington, Seattle, 1945. Doctor of Science Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950.

Career

Member staff, Sandia Corporation, 1950-1951; senior structures engineer, Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, 1951-1953; assistant professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1953-1957; associate professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1957-1962; professor structual engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1962-1988; professor emeritus, University of California at Berkeley, since 1988; director, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, 1968-1973, 77-80. Consultant engineering firms. Chief technical advisory International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 1964-1965.

Chairman of the Board Eastern International Engineers, Inc., 1980-1990, International Civil Engineering Cons., Inc., since 1990.

Achievements

• Joseph Penzien has been listed as a noteworthy Structural engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Mechanics. Honorary member American Society of Civil Engineers (Walter Huber Research award, Alfred M. Freudenthal medal, Nathan M. Newmark medal, Ernest E. Howard award), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (honorary, district lecturer 2000, Hausner medal), IAEE (honorary), EERI (Alfred E. Alquist award, 1996, District Lecturer 2000). Applied Technology Council (Top Seismic Engineer 2006), Chinese Taiwan Society Earthquake Engineering (Honorary award 2006), member American Concrete Institute, Structural Engineers Association California, Seismological Society of America, National Academy Engineering, Asia Pacific Network Centers Earthquake Engineering Research (Legend of Earthquake Engineering award 2008).

Connections

Married Jeanne Ellen Hunson, April 29, 1950 (deceased 1985). Children— Robert Joseph, Karen Estelle, Donna Marie, Charlene May. Married Mi-jung Park, June 16, 1988.

Father:

John Chris Penzien

Mother:

Ella (Stebbins) Penzien

Spouse:

Jeanne Ellen Hunson

child:

Donna Marie Penzien

child:

Robert Joseph Penzien

child:

Charlene May Penzien

child:

Karen Estelle Penzien