Background
Kreipke, Merrill Vincent was born on February 14, 1916 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Ida Marguerite (Hufnagel) Kreipke.
Kreipke, Merrill Vincent was born on February 14, 1916 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Ida Marguerite (Hufnagel) Kreipke.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1936.
Various positions, City Engineer' General’ s Office, Evansville, 1936-1939; from inspector to assistant engineer, Louisville District C.E., 1939-1944, 46-51; chief soils and materials engineering, Louisville District C.E., 1951-1956; civil engineer, Chief of Engineers, Department Army, Washington, 1956-1961; engineer geophysical science, Chief of Research and Development, Department Army, Washington, 1961-1969; chief geophysical science, Chief of Research and Development, Department Army, Washington, 1969-1973; acting chairman chief environmental science, Chief of Research and Development, Department Army, Washington, 1973-1974; head military Research and Development, C.E., Department Army, Washington, 1974-1975; consultant, Falls Church, Virginia, since 1975. Head United States delegate North Atlantic Treaty Organization Science Studies, 1966, 68, 70.
Member campsite development committee Northern Virginia Girl Scouts American, 1957—1960. Member retirement community task force Westminster at Lake Ridge, 1978—1990, member integrated strategic plan committee, 2003—2005. Board directors Westminster-Ingleside Foundation, 2004—2005, Westminster Presbyterian Retirement Community, since 2006.
Member new site building committee Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2003—2006, member residents council, 2004—2006, president residents council, 2005—2006. Fellow: American Society of Civil Engineers. Member: National Society of Professional Engineers, Society of America Military Engineers, Virginia Society Professional Engineers (Northern Virginia chapter president 1978-1979, Outstanding Service award 1979, 1988), International Society Terrain-Vehicle Systems (founding).
Married Dorothy Louise Neu, July 17, 1937. Children: Karen Jean Kreipke Walker, Jane Ann Kreipke Runyon. Married Dorothy Louise Brewer, December 29, 2000.