Background
III, William David Carrier, was born on December 21, 1943 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William David Junior and Virginia Joyce (Hundhausen) C.
III, William David Carrier, was born on December 21, 1943 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William David Junior and Virginia Joyce (Hundhausen) C.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969.
Center specialist for lunar soil mechanics, Johnson Space Center-National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1968-1973;
assistant chief soils engineer, Bechtel, Inc., San Francisco, 1973-1977;
manager solid waste systems, Woodward-Cyde Cons., San Francisco, 1977-1978;
manager geotechnology group, Bromwell Engineering, Inc., Lakeland, Florida, 1978-1982;
president, Bromwell & Carrier, Inc., Lakeland, 1982-1994;
Chief Executive Officer, Bromwell & Carrier, Inc., Lakeland, 1994-1996;
president, Argila Enterprises, Inc., since 1996. Principal investigator National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1971-1972, consultant, Washington, 1988-1991. Consultant Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, 1978-1981.
Principal investigator Florida Institute Phosphate Research, Bartow, 1980-1990, 96-. Director Lunar Geotechnical Institute, since 1990.
Member State of Florida Coord. Council on Radon Protection, 1988-1989. Member Florida Department Environmental Protection Phosphogypsum Impoundment Technology Advisory Forum, 1998.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (Norman gold medal 1972, Middlebrooks award 1984), Instn.Civil Engineers United Kingdom. Member International Society Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Society Mining Engineers, United States Committee on Large Dams.
Married Lilian Anne Hopkins, July 9, 1965. Children: Bettina, Kristina.