Louis Herman Klotz

Background

Klotz, Louis Herman was born on May 21, 1928 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Herman Martin and Edna Theresa (Kloepfer) Klotz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1951; Master of Civil Engineering, New York University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1967.

Career

Structural engineer various firms, New York, New Jersey metro area, 1951-1965. Assistant professor civil engineering University New Hampshire, Durham, 1965-1969, associate professor civil engineering, 1969-1986, chairman department civil engineering, 1971-1974. Special projects director American Society of Civil Engineers, New York City, 1986-1987.

Consultant Klotz Associates, Incorporated, New York Castle, New Hampshire, 1987-1988. Project manager Universal Engineering Corporation, Boston, 1988-1991. Executive director New England States Earthquake Consortium, 1991-1994.

President Klotz Consultants Group, Incorporated, New York Castle, New Hampshire, from 1994. Reservist Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1999—2002. Consultant, evaluator Office of Energy Related Inventions, Gaithersburg, Maryland, since 1978.

Member energy policy advisory group New Hampshire House of Representatives, Concord, 1979-1982. Founding member New Hampshire Legislation Academy of Sciences & Technology, Concord, 1980-1983.

Achievements

• Louis Herman Klotz has been listed as a noteworthy Structural engineer, educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Water power: Its promises & problems (Energy sources, the promises & problems)

Membership

Advisor Environmental Protection division New Hampshire State Attorney General' General’ s Office, Concord, 1972-1976. Member New Castle (New Hampshire) Budget Committee, 1977-1979. Technical reviewer Northeast Appropriate Technology Small Grants program Department Energy, Boston, 1979-1980.

Board directors Family Services Association Portsmouth, 1995-1998, Seacoast Hospice, 1996-1998. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Civil Engineers (committee on coordination outside American Society of Civil Engineers 1978-1986), American Association Engineering Education, New York Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Virginia Helen Roll, April 3, 1966 (deceased October 1995), Married Kathy Lublfsor, December 31, 2007 (deceased April 3, 2008). Emily Louise, Jennifer-Claire Virginia.

Father:

Herman Martin Klotz

Mother:

Edna Theresa (Kloepfer) Klotz

Spouse:

Virginia Helen Roll