Louis Berger

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the American athlete, see Bosey Berger. For the American architect of Ridgewood, Queens, see Louis Berger & Co..

Louis Berger (1914 – August 1996) was an American civil engineer. A graduate of Tufts College, Berger received his Master's degree in soils and geology from MIT and Doctorate in soil mechanics from Northwestern. He was a former faculty member of Pennsylvania State University's engineering department which designed a large portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. After completion of the contract he opened a second office which often employed local labor to fulfill international contracts. He was involved in designing and building highways, railroads, bridges, and airfields in 120 countries. His companies grew to become the Louis Berger Group.

References

Louis Berger's biography on The Louis Berger Group's website.

Persondata
Name	Berger,Louis
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1914
Place of birth
Date of death	1996
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.