Wilson Valentine Binger

Background

Binger, Wilson Valentine was born on February 28, 1917 in Greenwich, New York, United States. Son of George and Blanche (Wilson) Binger.

Education

AB cum laude, Harvard, 1938; Master of Science in Engineering, Harvard, 1939.

Career

Soils engineer, United States Army Engineers, Wilmington, Delaware, 1939-1940; soils and foundation engineer, Gatun 3d Locks project, Panama Canal, 1940-1943; soils engineer, resident engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Hogan & MacDonald, Caracas, Venezuela, 1945-1946; chief soils engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Hogan & MacDonald, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1948-1949; chief soils and foundation section, Isthmian Canal Studies, Panama Canal, 1946-1947; chief soils and geology branch Missouri River division, United States Army Engineers, Omaha, 1947-1948; vice president, Porterfield-Binger Construction Company, Youngstown, Ohio., 1950-1952; regional manager, Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, Bogota, Colombia, 1952-1956; associate partner, Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, New York City, 1957-1961; partner, Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, New York City, 1962-1984; chairman, 1975-1984; construction engineering, since 1985.

Achievements

• Registered profile engineer, New York, Ohio.

Membership

President, trustee Chappaqua (New York ) Library., 1967-1969. Trustee Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, since 1970, vice chairman, 1974-1978, secretary, since 1992. Board directors Regional Plan Association, New York, 1983-1988.

Chairman board deacons Congressional Church, 1959-1962, trustee, 1985-1988. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute Civil Engineers (United Kingdom), American Consultant Engineers Council (vice president 1973-1975), New York Academy of Sciences. Member National Academy of Engineering, Royal Academy Engineering United Kingdom (foreign member), American Institute Consultant Engineers (councillor 1971-1973, president 1973), National Society of Professional Engineers, United States Committee Large Dams (member executive committee 1964-1969, secretary 1962-1978), International Committee Large Dams (vice president 1978-1981), New York Association Consultant Engineers (vice president, director 1964-1965), Moles, International Road Federation (director 1975-1982, member executive committee 1975-1982), Federation International des Ingenieurs Conseils (member executive committee 1976-1983, treasurer 1976-1979, vice president 1980-1981, president 1981-1983), Century Club, Harvard Club (New York City), University Club, East India Club (London), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Barbara Ridgway, May 19, 1947 (deceased 1984). Children: Wilson Valentine, Mary Blanche, Julia Ridgway (Mistress Nurettin Akgül). Married Jane E. Schwarz, April 24, 1986.

Father:

George Binger

Mother:

Blanche (Wilson) Binger

Spouse:

Jane E. Schwarz

Spouse:

Barbara Ridgway

child:

Wilson Valentine Binger

child:

Julia Ridgway Binger (Mistress Nurettin Akgül)

child:

Mary Blanche Binger