Glenn B. Woodruff
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Glenn Barton Woodruff was an American civil engineer who worked as a design engineer for the 1936 spano of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and 1957 Mackinac Bridge. He worked as a consulting engineer and for the engineering firms Woodruff and Sampson as well as the Bechtel Corp.[1][2] He was a celebrated bridge designer and consulting engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area from the 1930s to 1960s. He was in high profile investigations such as the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the Reber Plan of the late 1940s.
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Born | February 8, 1890 |
Died | September 4, 1973(1973-09-04) (aged 83) San Jose, California |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Occupation(s) | Bridge Designer and Consulting Engineer |
Employer(s) | Bechtel Corp Woodruff and Sampson Consulting |
Notable work | Mid-Hudson Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Mackinac Bridge |
Awards | James Laurie Prize |
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