Authors and Illustrators Database

David B Steinman

Born: 06/11/1886  NY, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 1960
Parents: Louis K. Steinman, Eva Steinman
Children: John Francis, Alberta, David

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Songs of a Bridgebuilder Non Fiction, Michigan History Adult Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans 1959
Miracle Bridge at Mackinac Non Fiction, Michigan Adult Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans 1957
Conquering the impossible : the Mackinac Bridge
- Reprinted from Technion Year Book 1956.
Non Fiction, Michigan Adult [S.l.] : American Society for Technion 1956
I Built A Bridge, And Other Poems Poetry Adult New York: The Davidson Press 1955
Suspension Bridges: The Aerodynamic Problem and Its Solution Non Fiction Adult American Society of Civil Engineers 1954
Famous Bridges of the World
- also Dover 1961
Non Fiction Adult New York: Random House 1953
The Builders of the Bridge; The Story of John Roebling and His Son
- also Arno Press 1950, 1972
Non Fiction, Biography Adult New York: Harcourt, Brace 1945
Bridges and Their Builders
- Co-author: Sara Ruth Watson. Revised, Dover Press 1957
Non Fiction Adult New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1941
Fifty Years of Progress in Bridge Engineering
- The Builders of the Bridge
Non Fiction Adult American Institute of Steel Construction 1929
A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges, Their Design, Construction and Erection
- Republished 2012 by HardPress Publishing.
Non Fiction Adult 1922
- Contributor, various encyclopedias Non Fiction

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Awards:

Name Date
Columbia University, Medal for Excellence, 1947. 1947
Honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
- Awarded by College City of New York, 1947, and Columbia College, 1953.
1947-1953
Over 150 awards for engineering, poetry, citizenship.
French Legion d'Honneur, other foreign prizes.

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
American Authors and Books
Current Biography
Dictionary of American Biography
Webster's American Biographies
Who Was Who among English and European Authors
Who Was Who among North American Authors
Who Was Who in America.

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Columbia University New York, NY 1911
Master of Arts (A.M.) Columbia University New York, NY 1909
Civil Engineer (C.E.) Columbia University New York, NY 1909
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
- summa cum laude
City College of New York New York, NY 1906

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
- Designed over 400 bridges in the United States and other countries including Mackinac Straits Bridge, 1953-1957. 1953-1957
- Involved in reconstruction, Brooklyn Bridge, 1948-1954. 1948-1954
Founder National Society of Professional Engineers Alexandria 1934
Partner
- bridge builder, until 1945.
Holton D. Robinson Massena, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1921-1945
Professor College of the City of New York New York, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1917-1920
Instructor University of Idaho Moscow 1910-1914
- Developed improvements in bridge design, system of loading for railway bridges, others.

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