Background
Parsonson, Peter Sterling was born on October 18, 1934 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Horace and Elvera (Moran) Parsonson.
educator consultant civil engineer
Parsonson, Peter Sterling was born on October 18, 1934 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Horace and Elvera (Moran) Parsonson.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1966.
Civil engineer, Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, Boston, 1956-1957;
civil engineer, Ingenieria de Suelos, S.A., Caracas, Venezuela, 1959-1961;
civil engineer, Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, New York City, 1961-1964;
assistant professor, College Engineering University of Southern California, Columbia, 1966-1969;
associate professor department сivil engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1970-1982;
professor department сivil engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1982;
group leader Transportation Engineering faculty, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1995. President Parsonson and Associations, Inc., Atlanta, since 1976. Consultant highway-engineering litigation.
Instructor, researcher highway design, construction, operation and maintenance. Visiting professor Simón Bolívar U., Caracas, 1994, National U. Colombia, Medellín, 1996. Professor ad honorem U. P.R., Mayagüez, 1995, 96.
Presenter in field.
Fellow Institute Transportation Engineers (Marble J. Hensley Outstanding IndividualActivity award 1974, Herman J. Hoose Distinguished Svc. award, 1984, KarlA. Bevins Traffic Operations award, 1992). Member NSPE, Transportation Research Board, National Academy Forensic Engineers.
Married Marilyn Shepherd, July 6, 1962 (divorced March 1984). Children: Sheryl Elaine Parsonson Peeples, Ellen Marie Parsonson Milberger, Peter Shepherd. Married Sarah Irby, October 6, 1990.