Background
Jensen, Rolf H. was born on January 16, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis Kristian and Florence (Johnson) Jensen.
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Rolf H. Jensen
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Education
Bachelor of Science in fire protection and safety engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1951.
Career
Fire and safety inspector, United States Army Chemical Corps., 1951-1953;
fire insurance inspector, Cook County Inspection Bureau, 1953;
assistant engineer, Underwriters laboratories Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, 1953-1955;
project engineer, Underwriters laboratories Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, 1955-1957;
senior project engineer, Underwriters laboratories Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, 1957-1959;
associate managing engineer, Underwriters laboratories Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, 1959-1965;
instructor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1960-1965;
associate professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1965-1966;
associate professor, chairman, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1966-1968;
professor, chairman, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1968-1975;
professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1975-1976;
founder, president, Chief Executive Officer, Rolf Jensen & Associations, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, 1969-1996;
retired, 1997;
consultant, Deerfield, since 1997. Board directors RJA Group Inc. Engineering consulting editor Cahners Publications.
Member Commission Engineering & Technology Sys. Steering Committee, National Research Council. Member College Engineering Advisory Council.
Firesafety board advisors Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member Chicago High-Rise Committee Task Forces Mechanical Systems and Building Codes, Chicago High-Rise Main Committee, National Safety Council, BOCA Ad Hoc Committee Structural Fire Protection, Mayor's Ad Hoc Committee High-Rise Fire Protection, Chicago, Mayor's Advisory Commission Building Code Amendments. Chairman Mayor's Advisory Committee to Investigate McCormick Place Fire, Board buildings Appeals, Deerfield. Board directors Greater Chicago Area Safety Council.
Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society for Testing and Materials, Society Fire Protection Engineers (fellow, past president national society, past president Chicago chapter, director Educational & Science Foundation, Joseph P. Finnegan award 1979), Building Officials and Code Administrators International, National Fire Protection Association (board directors, Standards medal 1988, Lamb award 1997, automatic sprinkler committee, chairman rewrite subcommittee, chairman subcommittee on new technical, subcommittee on hydraulic calculations, life safety committee, subcommittee on extinguishing and detection system, research foundation ESFR technical advisory committee), National Safety Council, American Society Safety Engineers, American Institute Architects (committee codes and appeals), Western Society Engineers, Chicago Association Commerce and Industry (fire prevention committee), Tau Beta Pi, Salamander Engineering Honorary Society, Shriners, Masonic Lodge.
Interests
Connections
Married Lorraine S. Grand, January 27, 1951. Children: Jeffery, Ronald, Warren, Carol, Robert, J. Randy.
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Nationality
American