Background
Kist, Nicolaas Christiaan was born on August 8, 1928 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Son of Herman Jacob and Ernestine Clara (Nickenig) Kist.
Kist, Nicolaas Christiaan was born on August 8, 1928 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Son of Herman Jacob and Ernestine Clara (Nickenig) Kist.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Technische Hogesch., Delft, Netherlands, 1953.
Registered profile engineer, Illinois. Certified quality systems lead auditor. Junior and field engineer Chicago Bridge and Iron, Chicago, 1957-1959, project manager, Italy,1959-1960, construction/sales/engineering service manager, Netherlands, 1960-1967,international engineer standards coordinator, Oak Brook, Illinois, 1967-1968, assistant director corporation nuclear quality assurance, 1968-1972.
President North Carolina Kist & Associations, Incorporated., Naperville, Illinois, since 1972.
Speaker, consultant in quality assurance/quality improvement. International speaker quality auditing.
Trustee Illinois chapter The Nature Conservancy.
Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1953-1957. Member American Society Quality Control (regional councilor 1981-1985), American Arbitration Society (arbitrator 1979), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Royal Society Engineers (Netherlands).
Married Nancy Prichard Jones, April 24, 1954. Children: Cornelia Helena, Johanna Claire, Susanna Maria.