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Arsham Amirikian
Pages 14-17

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... He graduated from Bezazian College, Constantinople, in 1917; Ecole Superieure des Ponts et Chaussees with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1919; Cornell University with the clegree in civil engineering in 1923; and the Institute of Technology (Technische HochschuTe)
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... He received the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award for his concept and design of Ammi Tactical Support Structures and the invention of the biserrated orthotropic framing system. He was granted awards for progress in engineering design for arc welded structures.
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... If he had been allowed another ambition, it might have been to have capped his distinguished career by extending his contact and influence in the everwidening theater of world science and applied techniques, perhaps through a new assignment such as a technical or scientific attache in a U.S. embassy abroad or in a special educational endeavor in his prime field of structural engineering.
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