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Marshall, Richard Dale was born on December 12, 1934 in Mandan, North Dakota, United States. Son of Vernard Dale and Gertrude (Gordon) Marshall.
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Richard Dale Marshall, American Structural engineer. Achievements include patent for Ambient Pressure Probe; development of design loads for United States building codes and structural design standards; research into typhoon effects on buildings in the Philippines, on hurricane surface wind speeds in the Caribbean, Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, 1956; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, U. Colorado, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, 1968.
Career
Instructor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1959-1961;
senior engineer, Engineering Cons., Inc., Denver, 1961-1963;
research assistant, Fluid Dynamics & Diffusion Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1963-1968;
structural engineer, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1968-1978;
group leader, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1979-1983;
research structural engineer, National Institute Standards and Technology (The National Institute of Standards and Technology), Gaithersburg, since 1984. Consultant Government of Australia, Darwin, 1975. Guest researcher Ministry of Construction, Tsukuba, Japan, 1982.
Lecturer Annual Engineers Week, Montana Company High Schools, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (Chairman of Commission on structural performance since 1990), Wind Engineering.Rsch. Council (vice president 1985-1990), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Virginia Rae Cameron, June 6, 1959. Children: Adrian Stanton, Bruce Cameron, Leslie Anne.
