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Hanson, Walter Edmund was born on July 14, 1916 in Lyndon, Kansas, United States. Son of Andrew C. and Laura (Mickelson) Hanson.
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Walter Edmund Hanson
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Walter Edmund Hanson, American consulting civil engineer. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Consultant Engineers Council; member American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary), American Society for Testing and Materials, National Society of Professional Engineers, Illinois Engineering Council, Illinois Society Professional Engineers, American Concrete Institute, Sigma Tau, Chi Epsilon.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1939; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1947; Doctor of Humane Letters, Springfield College in Illinois, 1993.
Career
Draftsman computer, Petty Geophysical Engineering Company, San Antonio, 1939-1940; bridge detailer and designer, Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff, Kansas City, Missoury, 1940-1942; instructor сivil engineering, University of Illinois, 1942-1943; assistant, associate professor сivil engineering, 1946-1951; engineer bridges, Illinois Division highways, 1951-1954; construction engineering, Springfield, Illinois, 1954-1976; chairman emeritus, Hanson Engineers, Inc., since 1976.
Membership
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Consultant Engineers Council. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary), American Society for Testing and Materials, National Society of Professional Engineers, Illinois Engineering Council, Illinois Society Professional Engineers, American Concrete Institute, Sigma Tau, Chi Epsilon.
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Son of Andrew C. and Laura (Mickelson) H. M. Sue Roling, September 14, 1940. 1 daughter, Karen Sue.
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Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican