Background
Mindlin, Raymond David was born on September 17, 1906 in New York City. Son of Henry and Beatrice (Levy) Mindlin.
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Raymond David Mindlin
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Student, Ethical Culture School, New York City, 1924. Bachelor, Columbia University, 1928. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1931.
C.E., Columbia University, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1936. Honorary Doctor of Science, Northwestern University, 1975.
Career
Research assistant department civil engineering Columbia University, New York City, 1932-1938, Bridgham fellow, 1934-1935, instructor civil engineering, 1938-1940, assistant professor, 1940-1945, associate professor, 1945-1947, professor civil engineering, 1947-1967, James Kip Finch professor applied science, 1967-1975, professor emeritus, since 1975. Consultant Bell Telephone Laboratories Incorporated, New York York City, 1943-1951. Consultant physicist Department Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1940-1942.
Consultant National Defense Research Committee, 1941-1942. Section T Office Science Research and Development, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1942-1945.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Acoustical Society of America, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Society Experimental Stress Analysis (founding member. Executive committee 1943-1950, vice president 1946, president 1947, honorary member 1986), American Society of Civil Engineers (secretary committee applied mechanics 1940-1942, chairman 1942-1945), Eastern Photoelasticity Conference (executive committee 1938-1941), American Physical Society, National Academy Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering, United States National Committee Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, International Union Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Roth, 1940 (deceased 1950). Married Patricia Kaveney, 1953 (deceased 1976).
