Background
Krahl, Nat Wetzel was born on September 30, 1921 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Kenneth and Natalie Louise (Wetzel) Krahl.
Krahl, Nat Wetzel was born on September 30, 1921 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Kenneth and Natalie Louise (Wetzel) Krahl.
Bachelor, Rice Institute, 1942. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Rice Institute, 1943. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1963.
Assistant civil engineering Rice Institute, 1943—1944. Structural engineer Walter P. Moore. Consultant engineer Houston, 1946—1949.
Principal design engineer, 1950—1957. Assistant professor civil engineering Rice University, 1957—1964, associate professor civil engineering and architecture, 1964—1968, professor, 1968—1980, director continuing studies, 1968—1969, chairman department civil engineering, 1972—1977. Partner Krahl and Gaddy Engineers, Houston, 1969—1976.
Owner National Krahl and Associates, manager. Consultant engineers Houston, 1976—1980. Director structural engineering Caudill Rowlett Scott, Inc., senior vice president, director.
Director structural engineering Architects Planners Engineers, Houston, senior vice president, director, 1980—1981. Engineering consultant Brown & Root, Inc. Engineers Constructors, Houston, since 1982.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1944-1946.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (State-of-the-Art award 1974), American Concrete Institute, International Association Shell and Spatial Structures, International Association Bridge and Structural Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Victoria Ferguson, April 16, 1949. Children: Catherine Jane, Elizabeth Anne, Ellen Louise, James Kenneth, Robert John.