Background
Cheney, Lloyd Theodore was born on November 11, 1917 in Buffalo. Son of William Bennett and Mary Walborga (Frey) Cheney.
Cheney, Lloyd Theodore was born on November 11, 1917 in Buffalo. Son of William Bennett and Mary Walborga (Frey) Cheney.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Syracuse University, 1938; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1940.
Instructor, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, 1940-1943; stress engineer, Fisher Body Division, General Motors, Cleveland, 1943-1944; senior engineer applied physics laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1944-1945; assistant professor сivil engineering, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1945-1948; assistant professor сivil engineering, Wayne U., Detroit, 1948-1951; associate professor сivil engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1951-1959; professor сivil engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1959-1982; professor emeritus, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1982; visiting associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1953, 54, 57; visiting professor, U. Detroit, 1974. Structural engineer Giffels & Valet, L. Rossetti, Detroit, summer 1950, 51, 52, 54.
Examination consultant New York State Civil Service, Albany, 1950. Special examiner Wayne County Civil Service, Detroit, 1962. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (director 1964, 67).
Member American Association of University Professors, Engineering Society Detroit (outstanding leadership award 1988-1989, distinguished service award 1991), American Concrete Institute, American Society for Engineering Education.
Married Lorraine Tyszko, September 22, 1945. Children: Anne L., Marcia L., Margaret L.