Robert Joseph Hansen

Background

Hansen, Robert Joseph was born on May 27, 1918 in Tacoma. Son of Joseph and Olaug (Axness) Hansen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Washington, 1940; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.

Career

Research engineer National Research Council, 1940-1943. Princeton University, 1943-1945. Arthur D. Little Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945.

National Research Council predoctoral fellow, 1946-1947. Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1948, member faculty, since 1948, professor civil engineering, since 1957, deputy director Project Transportation, 1964-1967. Partner Hansen, Holley & Biggs, Inc.

(consultant engineers), Cambridge, 1955-1988, principal, 1975-1988. Partner Newmark, Hansen & Associates, Cambridge and Urbana, Illinois, 1958-1968. Consultant biomechanics Massachusetts General Hospital, 1956-1960.

Member security resources panel Executive Office of President, 1957. Member senior advisory panel Air Force Ballistic Division, United States Air Force, 1958-1960. Member executive committee Advisory Committee Civil Defense, National Academy of Sciences, since 1959.

Membership

Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (Moisseiff award 1974, Raymond C. Reese research prize 1975, Innovation Civil Engineering award 1989). Member Boston Society Civil Engineers, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Eleanor Swaim Welch, December 26, 1948. Children: Eric Charles, Karen Welch.

Father:

Joseph Hansen

Mother:

Olaug (Axness) Hansen

Spouse:

Eleanor Swaim Welch

child:

Eric Charles Hansen

child:

Karen Welch Hansen