Background
Grath, William Restore Mc was born on October 4, 1922 in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas Christopher and Alpha Retta (Perry) McGrath.
transportation planner traffic engineer
Grath, William Restore Mc was born on October 4, 1922 in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas Christopher and Alpha Retta (Perry) McGrath.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1950; diploma, Yale Bureau Highway Traffic, 1951.
Member of faculty, Yale Bureau Highway Traffic, New Haven, 1951-1955; director traffic and parking, City of New Haven, 1955-1963; transportation coordinator, Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1963-1968; commissioner department traffic and parking, City of Boston, 1968-1970; vice president, Raymond Parish Pine & Weiner, Tarrytown, New York vice president, Raymond Parish Pine & Weiner, 1970-1979; manager traffic and parking, Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall, 1980-1983; partner, McGrath, O'Rourke & Associations, 1983-1985; owner/manager, McGrath Engineering, Cape Coral, Florida, 1985-1987; transportation planner, Lee County Department Transportation & Engineering, 1987-1994; safety coordinator 5 counties, S.W. Florida Regional Planning Council, since 1996. Consultant Agency for International Development, Madras, India, 1963, Dublin, Ireland, 1965. Cons. World Trade Center, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1974.
Member executive committee Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, 1965-1970, Governor's Council on Transportation, 1968-1970. Member urban ecology advisory council Institute Ecology, 1973-1999. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.
Member National Society of Professional Engineers, Institute Transportation Engineers (honorary, national president 1973, chairman equal opportunity committee, chairman United States legislation committee), Transportation Research Board, Florida Engineering Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon.
Married Lillian Joyce DeAngelis, March 9, 1945. Children: Brian, David, Raymond, Harold, Vincent, Mary, Kevin, Rita, Beverly, Nora, Margaret.