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NED H. BURNS
NED H. BURNS
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He earned a bachelor of science degree in architectural engineering from the University of Texas in 1954. As important as his college education was to his future career, meeting his lifelong love, Martha Ann Fontaine, at the university led to a marriage that lasted 61 years.
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. Under the sponsorship of the Reinforced Concrete Research Council and the Post-Tensioning Institute, Ned carried out the definitive tests of multipanel, unbonded flat slabs that became the basis for design provisions for the American Concrete Institute building code.
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He was a wonderful family man who cheerfully attended Girl Scout and Boy Scout campouts, cochaired the Johnston Band Parents Association along with Martha, served as PTA copresident, and attended countless piano recitals, dance performances, and band concerts. He enjoyed woodworking and furniture building, and he and Martha enjoyed travel throughout the United States and Canada with other trips to Peru, Brazil, Europe, China, Thailand, and Japan.
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