William Fredrick Swiger

Background

Swiger, William Fredrick was born on June 7, 1916 in Buhl, Idaho, United States. Son of Willis Vivian and Mary Aileen (Filkins) Swiger.

Education

Bachelor of Civil Engineering summa cum laude, University Washington, 1939. Master of Civil Engineering, Harvard University, 1940.

Career

Association, R.V. Labarre, Los Angeles, 1940-1942; engineer, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, 1942-1951; structural engineer, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, 1951-1957; construction engineering, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, 1957-1972; senior construction engineering, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, 1972-1973; vice president, senior consulting engineer, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, 1973-1981; consultant, Buhl, since 1981. Member dean's advising committee U. Massachusetts Department Civil Engineering, 1974-1981, visiting committee Lehigh University, 1976-1981. Consultant on major dams in the United States and foreign countries.

Achievements

• William Fredrick Swiger has been listed as a noteworthy Civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to lieutenant United States Navy, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO, 1951-1952. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers. Member National Academy Engineers, United States Committee Large Dams, Association Engineers Geology (Oregon section), Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

Connections

Married Mary Lucile Bunch, September 12, 1939. Children: William Robert, Mary Ann, Katherine Lucile.

Father:

Willis Vivian Swiger

Mother:

Mary Aileen (Filkins) Swiger

Spouse:

Mary Lucile Bunch

child:

Mary Ann Swiger

child:

Katherine Lucile Swiger

child:

William Robert Swiger