Kalle-Heikki Korhonen

Background

Korhonen, Kalle-Heikki was born on August 13, 1926 in Salo, Finland. Son of Kalle and Sulo Rauha (Karppi) Korhonen.

Education

Engineer, Technology Institute, Tampere, Finland, 1950; Civil Engineer, Helsinki (Finland) U. Technology, 1955; D Technology, Helsinki (Finland) U. Technology, 1962.

Career

Professor, State Institute Technology Research, Finland, 1965-1974; professor soil mechanics, Oulu (Finland) U., 1974-1979; professor soil mechanics, Helsinki U. Technology, 1979-1992. Construction engineering in lawsuits between builders and constructive companies, Finland, 1964-1990. Chairman Finland-Soviet science working group Foundation in Difficult Circumstances, 1971-1988.

Chairman of the executive organizing committee 8th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Helsinki, 1983.

Achievements

• Kalle-Heikki Korhonen has been listed as a noteworthy Soil mechanics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Second lieutenant Finnish military, 1944, 61. Member Geotechnical Society Finland, Finnish Skeptics Society.

Interests

• Avocations: philosophy of science, literature, sporting.

Connections

Married Meeri Ahvalo, June 26, 1949. Children: KAlle Tapani, Heikki Juhani.

Father:

Kalle Korhonen

Mother:

Sulo Rauha (Karppi) Korhonen

Spouse:

Meeri Ahvalo

child:

Heikki Juhani Korhonen

child:

KAlle Tapani Korhonen