Stephen Russell Stearns

Background

Stearns, Stephen Russell was born on February 28, 1915 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Hiram Austin and Elisabeth Scribner (Brown) Stearns.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, 1937. C.E., Thayer School Engineering, 1938. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1949.

Career

Civil engineer Gannett, Eastman, Fleming, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1938-1940. Marine egr. Bureau Ships, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1940-1941. Engineer Dry Dock Associates, Phila Navy Yard, 1941-1943.

Instructor Thayer School Engineering, Dartmouth, 1943-1945, assistant professor, 1945-1953, professor civil engineering, 1953-1980. United Nations consultant, Poland, 1974, 78. Engineer Operations Research, Inc., Washington., 1962-1964.

Physical reconnaisance in Alaska Boston University Physical Research Laboratories, 1953. Chief applied snow and ice research branch Snow, Ice, Permafrost Research Establishment, United States Army Engineers, 1954-1955. Member School Board, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1951-1960, chairman, 1957-1959.

Member New Hampshire Governor's Transportation Committee, 1966-1967, Task Force, 1969. Chairman Lebanon (New Hampshire) Regional Airport Authority, 1966-1969. Member New Hampshire Board Registration Professional Engineers, 1975-1983.

Achievements

• Stephen Russell Stearns has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineer, forensic engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers (director 1978-1981, president 1983-1984), National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, National Society Professional Engineers, Dartmouth Society Engineers (Robert Fletcher award), Sigma Chi.

Connections

Married Eulalie Moody Holmes, January 1 1939. Children: Marjorie Elisabeth, Stephen James, Jonathan David.

Father:

Hiram Austin Stearns

Mother:

Elisabeth Scribner (Brown) Stearns

Spouse:

Eulalie Moody Holmes

child:

Jonathan David Stearns

child:

Marjorie Elisabeth Stearns

child:

Stephen James Stearns