Leon Moisseiff | |
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| Born | Leon Solomon Moisseiff November 10, 1872 Riga, Latvia |
| Died | September 3, 1943 (aged 70) Belmar, New Jersey |
| Resting place | Mount Hebron Cemetery |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Known for | Suspension bridge engineering, use of steel in bridges |
| Notable work | Manhattan Bridge George Washington Bridge Benjamin Franklin Bridge Golden Gate Bridge Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge of 1940 |
| Awards | Louis E. Levy Medal in 1933 |
Leon Solomon Moisseiff (November 10, 1872 – September 3, 1943)[1] was a leading suspension bridge engineer in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was awarded The Franklin Institute's Louis E. Levy Medal in 1933.[2]
His developments of the theory of suspension bridges are eclipsed by the dramatic failure of the Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge, his design, four months after its completion in 1940. The failure was filmed, and is shown to engineering students as a reminder of the possibility of failure, and to avoid hubris.