Background
Widmer, Wilbur James was born on October 20, 1918 in West New York, New Jersey, United States. Son of Gottfried and Louisa Marie (Ringeisen) Widmer.
Widmer, Wilbur James was born on October 20, 1918 in West New York, New Jersey, United States. Son of Gottfried and Louisa Marie (Ringeisen) Widmer.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, The Cooper Union, New York City, 1946; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956-1957; postgraduate, U.R.I., 1964-1965.
Hull design technician, Gibbs & Cox Naval Architecture, New York City, 1943-1947; instructor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1948-1950; assistant professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1950-1958; associate professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1958-1972; professor сivil engineering, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1972-1988; sanitary engineer, World Health Organization, Lahore, Pakistan, 1968-1970; professor emeritus, U. Connecticut, Storrs, since 1988. Consultant C.W. Riva Company, Providence, 1950-1964, J.S. Minges, Farmington, Connecticut, 1958-1967, World Health Organization, Brazil/Saudi Arabia, 1972, 79, Partners of the Americas, Brazil, 1986.
Fellow American Society Civil Engineers (recipient Robert Ridgeway award 1946, Benjamin Wright award 1987), Royal Society Health/United Kingdom (emeritus). Member American Water Works Association, Water Pollution Control Federation, American Society Limnology and Oceanography (emeritus), Astronomical Society Greater Hartford.
Married Pearl Adell Gilmore, September 4, 1950. Children: Frederick James, Wilbur Warren, Mark Thomas.