Background
Schnitter, Nicholas John was born on February 25, 1927 in Trieste, Italy. Son of Gerold O.W. and Margarethe (Behn Eschenburg) Schnitter.
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Dams are built to impound water and discharge it for a variety of purposes into channels, tunnels and conduits, to create the head of water needed for hydropower generation, and to protect estuaries against the ravages of flood tides. Above all, they provide active storage for the management of water, that is for striking a balance between natural flow regimes on the one hand and patterns of demand which are normally quite different, if not diametrically opposed, on the other. Depending on the size of the reservoir, this equalizing function may occupy a daily, weekly or annual cycle, or even tide over periods like the scriptual seven lean years.
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Schnitter, Nicholas John was born on February 25, 1927 in Trieste, Italy. Son of Gerold O.W. and Margarethe (Behn Eschenburg) Schnitter.
Master of Arts, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1951.
Design engineer, Motor Columbus Ltd., Baden, Switzerland, 1952-1953; trainee, United States Bureau Reclamation, Denver, 1954; design engineer, International Engineering Company Ltd., San Francisco, 1955; head dam design section, Motor Columbus Ltd., Baden, 1956-1969; chief civil engineer, vice president, executive vice president, Motor Columbus Consulting Engineers Ltd., Baden, 1970-1987; retired, 1988.
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With Swiss Infantry, 1947-1977. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers. Member Swiss Society Engineers and Architects, Society History and Technology.
Married Susan Reinhardt, June 21, 1966. Children: Annemarie, Christoph.