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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
MEDIA CONTACT: Matt Lindsay |
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October 14, 2002 |
(202) 994-1423 |
“A TRAVEL THROUGH TIME: FROM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER,
NEW YORK, TO THE WORLD
FINANCIAL CENTER, SHANGHAI”
Leslie E. Robertson, Internationally Known
Structural Engineer, Visits GW
for a Lecture on the Structural Design of the
World Trade Center and
Other Tall
Buildings
October
30
for a Lecture on the Structural Design of the World Trade Center and
Other Tall Buildings
| EVENT: | The George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and the GW Engineer Alumni Association host the 2002 Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture, presented by renowned engineer Leslie E. Robertson. |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Open Forum for Students with Robertson Marvin Center 308, Parks Room (lunch provided) 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Refreshments 7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Leslie E. Robertson Lecture 8:15 p.m. Reception |
| WHERE: |
All events, except the Open Forum, will be held at: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor 800 21st Street, NW |
| COST: | FREE and open to the public |
Background:
Robertson
is responsible for the structural design of hundreds of tall and innovative
buildings worldwide, including the World Trade Center (New York), the United
States Steel Headquarters (Pittsburgh) and the Bank of China Tower (Hong
Kong). He has been Engineering
News Record’s Construction “Man of the Year” and one of its “125 Top People
of the Past 125 Years,” and in 2002 won the Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation
in Construction Technology.
The
Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed lecture fund established
in 1945 by a gift from its namesake, a GW alumnus and trustee, and president of
the Standard Oil Development Company.
The series brings outstanding leaders of science and industry to GW to
discuss timely topics in engineering and related subjects. Past lecturers include acclaimed scientists
Wernher Von Braun and Edward Teller, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman
Shirley Jackson, and former Lockheed Martin Chairman/CEO Norman
Augustine.
To
RSVP or for more information, visit
www.seas.gwu.edu/news/lecture
or
call (202) 994-6435.
-GW-