Background
Lambe, Thomas William was born on November 28, 1920 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Claude Milton and Mary (Habel) Lambe.
civil engineer emeritus educator
Lambe, Thomas William was born on November 28, 1920 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Claude Milton and Mary (Habel) Lambe.
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State College, 1942. S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
With, Standard Oil Corporation California, 1944; With, Dames & Moore, 1945; member of faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945-1981; professor сivil engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958-1969; Edmund K. Turner professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1981; Edmund K. Turner professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1981; head soil mechanics division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958-1969, 72-81; head geotechnology division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972-1981. Consultant geotechnology engineering, since 1945, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1965. Rankine lecturer, 1973, Kapp Memorial lecturer, 1980.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (Collingswood prize 1951, Wellington prize 1961, Norman medal 1964, Terzaghi lecturer 1970, Terzaghi award 1975, G. Brooks Earnest award 1982). Member International Society Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, National Academy Engineering.
Married Catharine Canby Cadbury, September 13, 1947. Children– Philip Cadbury, Virginia Habel, Richard Lee, Robert Henry, Susan Elizabeth.