Buckley, Jack Boyd
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born on | 6 February 1926 at 02:30 (= 02:30 AM ) | ||||
Place | Fort Wayne, Indiana, 41n08, 85w08 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American civil engineer and building consultant who played a major role in the construction of numerous high-rise buildings and amusement parks throughout the world, including Pennzoil Place and Greenway Plaza in Houston, Texas. He was also involved in the design of the air conditioning system of the Astrodome. He had a role in the mechanical design of 11 of the 100 tallest buildings in the world, and 25 percent of the tallest buildings in the United States. In addition to air conditioning, Buckley's expertise was in electrical systems. Buckley also helped to write many national engineering standards and building codes and served accordingly as chairman of the Houston General Appeals Board and the Engineer's Council of Houston. He died on 9 October 2007 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, aged 81.
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate from Indiana Archives.
Categories
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 81)
- Vocation : Building Trades : Construction work
- Vocation : Engineer : Civil
- Vocation : Engineer : Electrical
- 1926 births
- Birthday 6 February
- Birthplace Fort Wayne, IN (US)
- Sun 16 Aquarius
- Moon 21 Scorpio
- Asc 9 Sagittarius
- 2007 deaths
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Building Trades : Construction work
- Vocation : Engineer : Civil
- Vocation : Engineer : Electrical