Background
Merritt, Joshua Levering was born on July 28, 1931 in Baltimore. Son of Joshua Levering Senior and Sarah Ethel (Sparks) Merritt.
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Joshua Levering Merritt
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1952; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University Illinois, 1958.
Career
Research assistant, civil engineer, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1952-1954;
research associate, civil engineer, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1954-1958;
assistant professor сivil engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1958-1960;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1960-1966;
professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1966-1968;
visiting professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1968-1969;
manager hard rock silo development program, TRW, 1968-1970;
manager facilities engineering, TRW, 1970-1971;
president, Merritt Cases, Inc., Yucaipa, California, since 1971;
director Redlands operations, Business Development Manager International, Inc., 1986-1991. Member Project Graybeard, since 1998. Member United States national commission on rock mechanics National Research Council, 1989-1990.
Expert member panel on underground technical development National Research Council, 1990. Chairman of the Board appeal Department Building and Safety, San Bernardino County, California. Evaluator engineering accreditation commission Accreditation Board Engineering and Technology.
Consultant in field, Urbana, 1958-1968, Yucaipa, since 1991. Evaluator engineering accreditation commission Accreditation Board Engineering and Tch., since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (local and national committee). Member American Underground Construction Association, Structural Engineers Association Southern California, Institute for Shaft Drilling Technology(charter member), International Society for Rock Mechanics, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineers, International Tunnelling Association, Seismological Society American, American Concrete Institute, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon.
Connections
Married Eleanor Grace Williams, June 26, 1954. Children: Nancy Lynn Mann, Debra Sue Stevens, Steven Edward.
