Background
Cosme, Luke George was born on December 1, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Luke Cosme and Patricia Kerstenic.
Cosme, Luke George was born on December 1, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Luke Cosme and Patricia Kerstenic.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Armour Institute of Technology, 1934. Certified in concrete production, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1941. Certified in advanced steel and tall building design, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1953—1955.
Certified in soil mechanics, Northwestern University, 1960. Student, Prairie State College Art, 1973—1994.
Draftsman, surveyor Chicago Surface Lines, 1930—1931. Draftsman Chicago Park District, 1935—1939, senior draftsman, 1939—1949, structural designer, 1949—1954, structural engineer, 1954—1960, engineer design and contract, 1960—1978, project engineer 1st Special Olympics at Soldier Field, 1968, consultant engineer, 1978—1994. Retired, 1994
Architectural advisory board Village of Crete, Illinois, 1954—1960.
Board directors State of Illinois Structural Engineers Association, 1972—1976. Consultant engineer Rehabilitation Chicago's Lake Front, 1978—1994. Member Committee to Rehabilitation Northerly Island, 1993.
Member of American Society for Testing and Materials, American Society of Civil Engineers, Chicago Computer Society, American Concrete Institute, Friends of Parks Chicago.
Married Margaret Smith, April 12, 1939 (deceased April 1977). Children: Richard, James, Carol. Married Betty Lee Martin, July 22, 1978.
