Background
Quade, Maurice Northrop was born on September 30, 1900 in Kewanee, Illinois, United States. Son of John Conrad and Florence A. (Northrop) Quade.
Quade, Maurice Northrop was born on September 30, 1900 in Kewanee, Illinois, United States. Son of John Conrad and Florence A. (Northrop) Quade.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University of Illinois, 1925, Master of Science, 1926.
Designer large bridge projects Waddell & Hardesty, 1926-1936. Engineer Parsons, Klapp, Brinckerhoff & Douglas, 1932-1941. Associate engineer charge structural and highway projects Parsons, Brinckerhoff Hogan & Macdonald, 1942-1947.
Partner charge structural and highway projects Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, New York City, since 1947. Projects include George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, Yorktown, Virginia, Susquehanna River Bridge on Pennsylvania Turnpike, Sunshine Skyway, St. Petersburg, Florida, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Norfolk, Virginia, Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike, Virginia, others. Chief structural engineer, Caribbean architect and engineer United States Army bases, 1941-1942.
Member National Society Professional Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers (past president Metropolitan section), Society American Military Engineers, American Concrete Institute, American Railway Engineering Association, American Society Testing Materials, American Institute Cons. Engineers, Moles, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Theta Tau. Clubs: Commonwealth (Virginia).
Married Helen Louise Hamilton, September 24, 1927. Children: Robert Northrop, Susan McKinley (Mistress William Brown Bahrenburg).