Background
Weidlinger, Paul was born on December 22, 1914 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Andrew and Juliete Weidlinger. came to the United States, 1944.
Weidlinger, Paul was born on December 22, 1914 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Andrew and Juliete Weidlinger. came to the United States, 1944.
Bachelor of Science, Technology Institute, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1934; Master of Science, Swiss Polytechnic Institute, Zurich, 1937.
Chief engineer, Atlas Aircraft Products, New York City, 1944-1946;
chief technical consultant, director, National Housing Agency, Industrialization Program Division, Washington, 1946-1947;
director engineering division, United Industrial Associations, Washington, 1947-1948;
senior partner, Weidlinger Associations, consultant engineers, New York City, since 1948. Member seismic loads committee American National Standards Institute, 1978-1980. Chairman National.Acad.
Sciences Evaluation Panel, National Bureau Standards, 1978-1980. Member science advisory board to chief staff United States Air Force, 1957-1958. Visiting lecturer Harvard University, 1955-1964, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952-1964.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (Ernest E. Howard award, Moisseiff award 1975, J. James R. Cross medal 1963), Franklin Institute (Frank P. Brown medal 1987). Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Concrete Institute, National Academy Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, International Association Bridge and Structural Engineers, New York Academy of Sciences, National Building Museum (board directors 1982-1988).
Married Solveig Hojberg, December 24, 1964. Children— Thomas, Pauline, Jonathan.