Background
Porter, Norman was born on May 16, 1915 in Ossining, New York, United States. Son of James and Eliza Annie (Peters) Porter.
Porter, Norman was born on May 16, 1915 in Ossining, New York, United States. Son of James and Eliza Annie (Peters) Porter.
Bachelor Civil Engineering, City College of New York, 1939. Master of Civil Engineering, New York University, 1949. Degree of Civil Engineer, Columbia University, 1959.
Commissioned ensign United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1940-1942. Transferred into United States Marine Corps, 1942, advanced through grades to lieutenant Commander, mapping officer amphibious corps, 1942-1946, resigned, 1946. Assistant professor civil engineering New York University, Bronx, 1946-1956.
Consultant engineer, land surveyor, 1953-2000. With worldwide astronomic and geodetic surveys, 1955-1960. Member panel task force on mapping, charting, geodesy and surveying, National Research Council, 1980-1981.
Lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, International Association of navigation Congress.
Married Georgia Alice Liebler, March 26, 1955.