Background
Orr, Willard Jacob was born on July 29, 1925 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Jacob and Dollie Barden (Hammond) Orr.
Orr, Willard Jacob was born on July 29, 1925 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Jacob and Dollie Barden (Hammond) Orr.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Delaware, 1949.
With, L.H. Doane, C.E., Wilmington, 1949-1959; construction engineering, L.H. Doane Associations, Inc., Wilmington, 1959-1978; senior structural engineer, Diamond State Engineering, Inc., Newark, 1978-1981; senior structural engineer, Diamond/McCune Inc., Newark, 1981-1990; senior structural engineer, Diamond Group, Odessa, Delaware, 1990-1992; consultant structural engineer, W.J. Orr, P.E., Wilmington, since 1992.
Corporal United States Army, 1943-1946. European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers.
Member National Society of Professional Engineers (life).
Married Bette Nelson, October 14, 1950. Children: Bruce, Dennis, Kevin, Craig.