Background
Overveen, Joseph Peter Van was born on December 3, 1916 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Hartog and Henrietta Berendina (Polak) Van Overveen. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized.
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Joseph Peter Van Overveen
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Higher Technology College, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 1939; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering in Railway Mech. Engineering, Purdue University, 1940; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley.
Career
Junior engineer, American Locomotive Company. New York City, 1940-1941; sales engineer, Estes Company, Inc., export machinery, New York City, 1946-1948; design engineer, Paragon Gear Works, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1948-1949; manager design and development, Shand & Jurs Company, Berkeley, California, 1949-1960; mechanic engineer, Systron Donner Company, Concord, California, 1960-1963; senior equipment engineer BART project, Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel, San Francisco, 1964-1966; senior mechanic engineer, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit, Oakland, California, since 1966. Consultant, representative Kennedy & Donkin, Godalming, England, since 1985.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Lafayette (California) Community Center, 1958-1974, Chairman of the Board, 1960-1974. Member Lafayette City Recreation Commission, 1975-1982. First lieutenant United States Army, 1941-1946, PTO. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (life, chairman San Francisco section 1972-1973, member of national commission on professional ethics and practice 1974-1979, chairman rail transportation committee 1987, Executive Board region IX, Dedicated Svc. award 1986).
Member NSPE, Society Automotive Engineers.
Interests
Connections
Married Irene Eva Loewenberg, March 6, 1943. Children: Joann, David.
