Ralph Howes Wallace

Background

Wallace, Ralph Howes was born on February 25, 1916 in Williamsburg, Iowa, United States. Son of John Rea and Lois Mary (Howes) Wallace.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1946.

Career

Engineer bldgs and grounds, Iowa State University, 1946; project engineer, L.W. Mahone (consultant engineers), Clear Lake, Iowa., 1946-1948; construction engineering, Mason City, Iowa., 1948-1956; partner, Wallace & Holland (consultant engineers), Mason City, 1956-1964; partner, Wallace Holland Kastler & Schmitz (consultant engineers), Mason City, 1964-1969; president, Wallace Holland Kastler Schmitz & Company, Mason City, 1969-1981. Member Iowa State Board Regents, 1967-1973, Iowa Board Engineering Examiners, 1958-1967, chairman, 1962, 63, 67. Board directors National Council State Bds.

Engineering Examiners, 1965-1967.

Achievements

• Registered profile engineer, Iowa, Minnesota.

Membership

Member Mason City Indiana school Board, 1952-1964, president, 1964. Member advisory board Center Industrial Research and Service, Iowa State University, 1965-1966. Member advisory board Engineering College University Iowa, 1973-1977, 84-88.

Member advisory council Engineering College, Iowa State University, since 1973. Board directors Iowa Educational Radio and television Facility, 1972-1976. Director Iowa Good Roads Association, 1967-1984, president, 1976-1977.

Board directors North Iowa Medical Center, 1980-1993, Prairie Ridge Addiction Treatment Services, since 1990. Member Mason City Human Rights Commission, 1985-1992, chairman, 1988-1992. Captain Army of the United States, 1941-1946.

Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (director 1970-1972, vice president 1976, 77), American Consultant Engineers Council. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, Iowa Engineering Society (Distinguished Service award 1969, Professional Achievement citation 1982, honorary life member 1987), American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rotary International (Paul Harris fellow 1988, honorary member 1989), Tau Beta Pi, Scabbard and Blade.

Connections

Married Dorothea Lee Dexheimer, December 28, 1941 (divorced 1976). Children: John F., Mary Helene. Married Muriel W. Nangle, 1976.

Adopted child, Lori Annual.

Father:

John Rea Wallace

Mother:

Lois Mary (Howes) Wallace

Spouse:

Dorothea Lee Dexheimer

Spouse:

Muriel W. Nangle

child:

Mary Helene Wallace

child:

John F. Wallace