Background
Keim, Paul Ferdinand was born on April 22, 1902 in Falls City, Nebraska, United States. Son of Will Seward and Fernande Rose (Godfirnon) Keim.
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Paul Ferdinand Keim
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Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1925; Master of Science in Continuing education, University Nebraska, 1932.
Career
Engineer, contracting company, Los Angeles, 1925-1926;
instructor сivil engineering, U. Nebraska, 1926-1932;
consultant Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District, Nebraska, 1933-1936;
consultant Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District, California Highway division, Marysville, 1936-1937;
hydraulic engineer, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, 1937-1939;
principal engineer, Federal Power Commission, Washington, 1939-1941, 46;
public works officer, damage control officer, Midway Islands, 1942;
public works and construction officer, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, 1943;
staff сivil engineering officer 13th Naval district, Naval Air Command, 1944-1946;
member research, since 1946;
consultant transportation and water supply, unites states department State Economics Mission to Liberia, 1947-1948;
associate, Tippets, Abbett, McCarthy, Stratton, Engineers, New York City, 1948-1952;
operations, Greece, Turkey, Alaksa, throughout United States, 1948-1952;
professor сivil engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1969;
professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1970. On leave consultant ports Taiwan, 1957. Advisory to director United States Operations Mission Egypt, teacher U. Cairo Graduate School, 1959-1961.
Consultant California Joint Senate-House committee Water Resources, various times, 1952-1959. Chief staff civil engineer Ralph M. Parsons Company, Pasadena, California, Peru, Greece, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia, Morocco, 1968-1971. Consultant International Executive Service Corps, New York City.
Port consultant, Taiwan, 1975. Organization of American States consultant, Brazil, 1971. Federal Maritime Commission consultant, Rumania, 1972.
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Member American Society of Civil Engineers (permanent delegate to Los Angeles Council Engineering and Science, member professional practice committee 1984-1989, continuing consultant and expert witnessLos Angeles courts, 1984-1988), Los Angeles Council Engineers and Scientists (president 1979-1981), Institute Advancement Engineering (president-elect 1981, emeritus director 1983-1984, award of merit 1982), American Society Engineering Education, National.Reclamation Association, American Geophysical Union, Society Military Engineers, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Marjorie Little, December 31, 1927 (deceased December 1982). Children: Seward Russell (deceased), Charles Bruce.
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American