Howard D. Eberhart
Howard Davis Eberhart (August 16, 1906 – July 18, 1993) was an American engineer noted for his design of artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices. [1] [2] [3] Professor Eberhart was chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering at University of California, Berkeley and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.[2] The University of California called Eberhart "one of UC Berkeley's most highly respected and acclaimed teachers in civil engineering, and a pioneer of research in artificial limbs".[3] In 1977 Howard was elected to the National Academy of Engineering "for pioneering studies of human locomotion, application of structural engineering to prosthetic devices, and leadership of interdisciplinary engineering research."[2]
Chronology
[edit]- 1906 born August 16 in Lima, Ohio
- 1929:B.S. degree in architecture, the University of Oregon
- 1935: M.S. degree in civil engineering, Oregon State College in Corvallis
- 1936: instructor, the University of California, Berkeley
- 1948: full professor of civil engineering, the University of California, Berkeley[3]
- 1959-1963 and 1971-1974: chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of California, Berkeley[3]
- 1974: retired from UC Berkeley
References
[edit]- ^ Los Angeles Times:Prof. Howard Davis Eberhart, 86, who designed artificial.DEATHS ELSEWHERE;July 30, 1993
- ^ a b c National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes: Volume 7 (1994);HOWARD DAVIS EBERHART;BY BORIS BRESLER, EGOR POPOV, EDWARD WILSON, AND ALEXANDER SCORDELIS
- ^ a b c d University of California, In Memoriam, Howard Davis Eberhart, Civil Engineering: Berkeley