Background
Balissat, Marc Henri was born on January 31, 1944 in Lutry, Vaud, Switzerland. Son of Georges Oswald and Renée Berthe (Duval) Balissat.
Balissat, Marc Henri was born on January 31, 1944 in Lutry, Vaud, Switzerland. Son of Georges Oswald and Renée Berthe (Duval) Balissat.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, 1968. Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical ), University California, Berkeley, 1975.
Research assistant Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, 1968-1970. With Motor Columbus Consultant Engineers, Baden, Switzerland, 1970-1974, 75-90, head dams and safety department Switzerland, 1988-1990. Vice director, head hydraulic engring and geotechnics department Gruner Inc., Consultant Engineers, Basle, Switzerland, 1990-1993.
Director, head engineering department Locher & Company, Inc., Civil Engineers and Controllers, Zürich, 1993-1996. Private consultant, 1996-1997. Chief engineer, board directors Stucky Consultant Engineers, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1998—2004, general manager Switzerland, since 2005.
Colonel C.E. Swiss Army, 1965—2002.
Colonel C.E., Swiss Army, since 1965. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Swiss Society Engineers and Architects, International Committee on Large Dams.
Married Dorothea Barbara Frey, May 31, 1980. Children: Simon, Anne, Didier.