Nathan Mortimore Newmark | |
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Born | Plainfield, New Jersey, United States | September 22, 1910
Died | January 25, 1981 | (aged 70)
Nationality | American |
Education | Rutgers University University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Anne Cohen |
Parent(s) | Abraham and Mollie Newmark |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Structural engineer, civil engineer |
Institutions | American Society of Civil Engineers American Academy of Arts and Sciences Institution of Structural Engineers |
Projects | Torre Latinoamericana Trans-Alaska Pipeline |
Significant design | ILLIAC II |
Significant advance | Newmark-beta method of numerical integration, Newmark's sliding block method of analysis of soil slopes |
Awards | ACI Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper IStructE Gold Medal National Medal of Science (1968) John Fritz Medal (1979) |
Nathan Mortimore Newmark (September 22, 1910 – January 25, 1981) was an American structural engineer and academic, who is widely considered one of the founding fathers of earthquake engineering. He was awarded the National Medal of Science for engineering.