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Lynn S. Beedle
Pages 12-17

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... After a short term of employment as an engineer at the ToddCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation in 1941, Lynn was commissioned as a naval officer at the beginning of World War II and began his military service as a student in naval architecture at the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School.
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... He led the Lehigh team as editor of Structural Steel Design, published by Ronald Press in 1964. He was also editor in chief of several editions of Structural Stability: A World View and The Planning and Design of Tall Buildings, a monograph in five volumes published by McGraw-Hill.
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... He was the first recipient of the International Contributions Award from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers in 1994. In 1995, the American Association of Engineering Societies honored him with the John Fritz Medal, one of the highest awards in the engineering profession.
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... Beedle Distinguished Civil and Environmental Engineering Award with Lynn as the first recipient. Lynn is survived by Ella, his wife of 57 years; five children, Lynn Jr., Helen, Jonathan, David, and Edward; a brother, Richard, and two sisters, Carol Healy of Seattle and Jane Hildebrand of Chicago; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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