Walter B. Lum

Background

Lum, Walter B. was born on March 24, 1922 in Hong Kong. Arrived in United States, 1922. Son of Kin and Sau Chan (Lau) Lum.

Education

Student, University Hawaii, 1940. Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1945.

Career

Structural engineer Austin Company, Cleve, 1945—1946, Wilbur Watson Associates, Cleve, 1948—1950, Bureau of Plans City and County of Honolulu, 1951—1957, Walter Lum Associates Inc. Consultant Engineers, Honolulu, from 1958. Lecturer University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1964.

Achievements

• Walter B. Lum has been listed as a noteworthy engineering consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (president Hawaii section 1975-1976), Home Builders Association Hawaii (director), Association Soil and Foundation Engineers (president 1976-1977), Hawaii Society Professional Engineers (Engineer of Year 1975), Consultant Engineers Council Hawaii 1967-1968, University Hawaii Foundation (board directors 1970), Registration for Architects, Engineers,Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects (board member 1973-1978, chairman 1977), Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon.

Connections

Married Jean O'Donnell, September 25, 1964.

Father:

Kin Lum

Mother:

Sau Chan (Lau) Lum

Spouse:

Jean O'Donnell