Background
Wheeler, William Thornton was born on October 5, 1911 in Oklahoma, United States.
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William Thornton Wheeler
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Education
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1933.
Career
Structural engineer State of California, 1938-1941. Senior structural engineer C.E. United States Army, 1941-1945. Assistant chief engineer Summerbell Roof Structures Company, Los Angeles, 1945-1946.
With Wheeler & Gray, from 1946.
Achievements
Membership
Republican United Nations Educational, Tokyo, 1963. Member California Space Shuttle Task Force, 1972. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Institute Advancement Engineering (Outstanding Engineer merit award 1974).
Member Structural Engineers Association California (past vice president, director, chairman seismology committee 1957-1961), American Concrete Institute (past chapter president), Jonathan Club, Oneonta Club, Shriners, Rotary.
Connections
Son of Hugh Luther and Sara Oats (Gallaher) W. Widowed; children: Richard Frederick, Robert W.
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October 7, 2000 (aged 89) -
Nationality
American