Background
Rita was born on 2 September in 1925 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Rita was born on 2 September in 1925 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Newark College Engineering, 1958. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, New York University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, Poltechnic University, Brooklyn, 1992.
With Clinton Bogert & Associates, Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1970—1974. Vice president, general manager Resource Planning Division Hydrosci., Inc., Emerson, 1974—1978. Regional director, region II Federal Emergency Management Agency, New York City, 1979—1981.
Federal coordinating officer in emergency declaration Love Canal, 1980. Federal coordinating officer in drought emergency declaration New Jersey, 1980. Senior vice president Enviresponse, Inc.
Subsidiary Foster Wheeler Corporation, Livingston, New Jersey, 1985—1987. President Environmental Systems Management and Design, Fort Lee, New Jersey, since 1988.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, Water Pollution Control Federation, American Water Works Association, Tau Beta Pi.