Background
Ehlers, Joseph Henry was born on December 31, 1892 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of C. Julius and Caroline T. (Sauer) Ehlers.
Ehlers, Joseph Henry was born on December 31, 1892 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of C. Julius and Caroline T. (Sauer) Ehlers.
Bachelor of Science, Trinity College, 1914; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of California, 1915; Master of Civil Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1916.
Chief inspector for, Modjeski & Angier, Pittsburgh, 1919;
professor structural engineering, Pei Yang U., China, 1920-1924;
construction engineer, Asia Development Company on diversion of Yellow River, 1923;
United States trade commissioner on earthquake reconstruction and technical development of Japan, 1926-1930;
acting commercial attache American embassy, Tokyo, 1929;
technical director, National Conference on Construction, Washington, 1931-1933;
assistant to deputy administrator, Federal Emergency Administration Public Works, Washington, 1933-1938;
chief consultant engineering division, Federal Works Agency (War Public Works Program), 1942-1946;
construction engineering, attorney, Washington, 1946-1988;
executive director, National Conference on Public Works, 1955-1956;
sanitary engineering director, United States Public Health Service Reserve Corps
retired, United States Public Health Service Reserve Corps. Assistant commissioner technical services Urban Renewal Administration, Washington, 1955-1958. Housing coordinator International Cooperation Administration, Yemen, 1960-1961.
Consultant United Nations, 1962-1963. Technical adviser Government of Iraq Ministry Works at Baghdad.
Member organizing committee, delegate World Engineering Congress, Tokyo, 1929. Chairman advisory committee engineers United States Civil Service Commission, 1950-1957. President Joseph H. Ehlers Foundation, Russellville, Kentucky, 1971.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (Washington representative 1949-1955, secretary city planning division). Member District of Columbia Bar Association (committee International law), District of Columbia Society Professor Engineers (director), American Institute of Architects (honorary), Explorers Club, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: University (Washington).
Lodges: Rotary.
Married Marcellite Edwards Hardy, February 15, 1945 (deceased April 1964).