Background
Kunesh, Joseph Francis was born on June 16, 1890 in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John P. and Kristina (Nemetz) Kunesh.
Kunesh, Joseph Francis was born on June 16, 1890 in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John P. and Kristina (Nemetz) Kunesh.
B. South., University of Wisconsin, 1914. Civil Engineer, 1930.
Draftsman and computer state highways Wisconsin Highway Commission, Madison, 1912. Instrumentman C.&East.I. Railroad, Villa Grove, 1912. Engineer in charge irrigation Texas Land & Development Company, Plainview, 1913-1914.
Assistant irrigation and drainage engineer United States Department of Agriculture, Billings, Montana, Mercedes, Texas, 1915.
Junior and assistant engineer United States Geological Survey, San Francisco, 1916-1918. Associate engineer, Tucson, 1918-1920.
Resident engineer in charge North.E., United States of America, Layne & Bowler County, New York, 1920-1922. Chief hydraulic engineer Republique d’Haiti, Portuguese-au-Prince, 1922-1924.
Assistant engineer Alexander Potter, construction engineering, New York City, 1924.
Concrete and steel designer subways Board Transportation, New York City, 1925. Chief water supply engineer Florida East Coast Railway, Saint Augustine, 1925. Assistant engineer subways New Jersey Transit Commission, 1926.
Assistant engineer, Department Water Supply, Gas & Electricity, New York City, 1927.
Senior hydraulic engineer United States Geological Survey in cooperation with Honolulu Sewer and Water Commission, also department engineer and assistant chief engineer, water works Board Water Supply, Honolulu, 1927-1938. Director-engineer territorial planning, Territorial Planning Board, 1938-1941.
Chief engineer (World World World War II) Department Public Works, City and County of Honolulu, 1941-1947. Professor сivil engineering U. Hawaii, and dean College Applied Science, 1947-1951.
Industrial specialist water resource division.
National production authority, Department Commerce, 1951-1953. Chief engineer, executive vice president Layne Pacific, Incorporated., Seattle, 1953-1956. Registered profile engineer Ty Hawaii, District of Columbia, Washington.
Member Board Registration of Engineers Architects and Surveyors of Hawaii, 1939-1941. Member Board Water Supply of Honolulu, 1941-1947. Member Board Health, Chamber of Commerce, Government"s Postwar Planning Board Mayor’s Major Disaster Council (1941).
Life.
Member American Public Works Association (chairman Hawaii section 1945-1950), Hawaii Engineering Association (past president), Wisconsin Alumni Association (past president Hawaii section), American Water Works Association, Triangle.
Married Anne Elizabeth Cabalek April 12 1921. Children: Robert Joseph, Donald Francis.