Victor Douglas Kiernan

Background

Kiernan, Victor Douglas was born on July 9, 1923 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Victor Douglas and Lottie Norma (Riker) Kiernan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1951.

Career

Quality control engineer, Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, California, 1951-1955; design engineer, Beckman Instruments, Richmond, California, 1955-1958; instrumentation design engineer, Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Livermore and Berkeley, California, 1958-1962; instrumentation desigh engineer, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, 1962-1963; private practice, Lafayette, California, 1963-1970; senior engineer, Westinghouse, Emeryville, California, 1970-1973; control system engineer, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Oakland, California, 1973-1979; senior electrical engineer, San Francisco Municipal Railway, 1979-1982; senior transportation engineer, Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, 1982-1983; senior transit safety engineer, California State Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, 1983-1987; principal, Kiernan Transit Association, Lafayette, since 1987.

Achievements

• Victor Douglas Kiernan has been listed as a noteworthy Transit consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Staff Sergeant United States Marine Corps, 1942-1946, Hawaii, Marshall Islands. Member NSPE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Railway Engineers Association, High Speed Rail Association.

Connections

Married Elsie Ruth Molin, May 15, 1953 (deceased June 1984). Children: Roger, Kathleen.

Father:

Victor Douglas Kiernan

Mother:

Lottie Norma (Riker) Kiernan

Spouse:

Elsie Ruth Molin

child:

Roger Kiernan

child:

Kathleen Kiernan