Back ديفيد ستينمان Arabic David B. Steinman German David B. Steinman Spanish David B. Steinman French デビッド・スタインマン Japanese David B. Steinman Malagasy David Bernard Steinman Polish David B. Steinman Portuguese Штейнман, Дэвид Russian David B. Steinman Swedish
David Barnard Steinman (June 11, 1886[1] – August 21, 1960) was an American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's lower Manhattan, and lived with the ambition of making his mark on the Brooklyn Bridge that he lived under. In 1906 he earned a bachelor's degree from City College and in 1909, a Master of Arts from Columbia University and a Doctorate in 1911. He also received an honorary Doctor of Science in Engineering on 15 April 1952 from degree mill Sequoia University, but would distance himself from it soon after a 1957 inquiry raised doubts over its legitimacy, and did not mention the qualifications in his biographies.[2][3][4] He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Louis E. Levy Medal in 1957.[5]
David B. Steinman built bridges in the United States, Thailand, England, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Canada, Korea, Iraq and Pakistan. He had a literary bent, and was a published author with several books, articles in advancement of his craft, and even had children's books and poetry to his credit.
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- ^ Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women, 1960–1961 (31 ed.). Chicago, IL: Marquis - Who's Who. 1960. p. 2766.
- ^ "Professional Record of D. B. Steinman". The Australasian Engineer: 88. 7 July 1954.
- ^ Bear, John (2012-04-24). Degree Mills: The Billion-Dollar Industry That Has Sold over a Million Fake Diplomas. ISBN 9781616145088.
- ^ "Franklin Laureate Database - Louis E. Levy Medal Laureates". Franklin Institute. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.