Dr. Lynn S. Beedle (December 7, 1917 – October 30, 2003) was an American structural engineer, the founder and the director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and known for his design and building of skyscrapers.[1][2][3][4] The New York Times has called him "an expert on tall buildings".[1]
Beedle is also credited with making Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania a center of research for civil and structural engineering because of his "groundbreaking studies on the properties of steel structures".[1][5][6]