Background
Kennedy, Robert Evan was born on March 31, 1916 in Worland, Wyoming, United States. Son of Robert Eaker and Addie Miranda (Pritchard) Kennedy.
consultant engineering executive structural engineer
Kennedy, Robert Evan was born on March 31, 1916 in Worland, Wyoming, United States. Son of Robert Eaker and Addie Miranda (Pritchard) Kennedy.
Student, Jamestown College, North Dakota, 1935. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University Colorado, 1938.
Recorder University São Paolo. Geological Survey, Denver, 1938-1939. Junior hydraulic engineer Colorado Water Consv.
Board, 1939-1941; structural draftsman, junior designer American Bridge Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1941-1942. Stress analyst Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Akron, Ohio, 1942-1944, liaison engineer, group leader, section head Phoenix, 1944-1946. Sales representative Luby-Sonnen Company, Madison, Wisconsin, 1946.
Project engineer Rentenbach Engineering Company, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1946-1947. Field manager Kaser Construction Company, West Des Moines, Iowa, 1947. Design engineer Moffatt, Nichol & Taylor, Portland, Oregon, 1947-1949, Cooper & Rose, Portland, 1949-1951.
Chief structural engineer Barrett & Logan Architects, 1951-1952, Edmundson, Kochendoerfer & Kennedy A/E, Portland, 1952-1953, chief engineer, 1954-1955, partner, 1955-1968. Managing partner Edmundson, Kochendoerfer, Kennedy-Daniel, Mann, Johnson, Mendenhall, 1968-1974. Vice president Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall, Baltimore, 1974-1979.
Associate Tibbets, Abbott, McCarthy and Stratton, Washington, 1980-1984. President Kennedy Associates, Inc., Portland, since 1984. Board directors Terwilliger Plaza, treasurer 2003.
Chairman Seismic Design Committee, Portland, 1948-1950, board directors, treasurer Portland Building Code Revisions Committee, 1950-1953. Observer, consultant Effects Nuclear Test United States Department Commerce, Yucca Flats, Nevada, 1955. Instructor Oregon Board Higher Education Architects Registration Examinations, Portland, 1954-1958, Engineers Registration Examinations, 1960-1963.
Lecturer Oregon Dental School Disaster Planning, Portland, 1960-1964. Member A/E Selection Board United States General Services Administration Northwest Division, Auburn, Washington, 1973, National Defense Executive research University São Paolo. Bureau Public Rds., Washington, 1964-1971.
Board member Portland Chess & Success, since 1998. Consultant Seismic Structural Design, 2005.
Vice chairman Fernwood Grade School Parent-Teachers Association, Portland, 1952-1953, Portland Traffic Safety Commission, 1964-1974. Chairman scholarship Grant High School Dad's Club, Portland, 1964-1967. Chairman engineers division Portland United Good Neighbors, 1965, chairman professional division, 1967, 68.
President Portland City Club, 1968. Chairman Interfaith Housing Committee, Portland, 1969-1973. President Dulaney Towers Condo Board, Towson, Maryland, 1975-1978, Dulaney Towers Maintenance Board, 1976-1978, Waterford Condo.
Board, Kensington, Maryland, 1985-1988, American Plz. Condo. Board, 1999, Portland Housing Development Corporation, Portland, 1970-1974, Metrohousing, Inc., Portland, 1971-1974;president chairman Baltimore Energy Council, 1978. Member Portland Symphonic Choir, 1958-1964, Multnomah County Building Code Appeals Board, Portland, 1964, National Municipal League, 1968-1979, national convention section convenor, 1976, 77, Mayor's Advisory Committee, Portland, 1968-1969, Congressman Wendell Wyatt Re-election Committee, Portland, 1968.
Treasurer American Plaza Condo Association Board, Portland, 1991-1996. Member, elder Towson Presbyterian Church, 1974-1979. Member Earthquake Engineering Reserve Institute (structural consultant), American Society of Civil Engineers (board directors Oregon section 1953-1955, Capital section 1980-1990, secretary 1983, member Maryland section 1974-1990, Oregon section since 1990), American Society for Testing and Materials (chairman Northwest district 1970), American Concrete Institute, Society of America Military Engineers (Merit award Portland Post 1973), Structural Engineers Association Oregon (life.
Founder, president 1949), Professional Engineers Oregon (board directors 1948-1974, chairman Convention 100 Years Engineering, founder Engineer Year award 1952), Prestressed Concrete Institute, Engineering Council Research Institute, Consulting Engineers Council Oregon (treasurer Oregon 1960, Engineering Excellence Project award 1996, national 1997. Certificate life member, founding member 2004), Structural Engineers Association Oregon, Toastmasters.
Married Betty Lou Kaser, February 3, 1945. Children: Anne Louise, Carter Evan, Robert Gordon.