Person

Baxter, John Walter (1917 - 2003)

Born
4 June 1917
London, England
Died
21 October 2003
Devon, England
Occupation
Civil engineer and Structural engineer

Summary

John Baxter was a senior partner of G Maunsells and Partners, consulting engineers, and was responsible for the design of many major bridges in Australia, including the Narrows Bridge in Perth, Western Australia, 1959; the Tasman Bridge 1964, in Hobart, Tasmania, and the Gladesville Bridge, in Sydney, New South Wales 1965. The latter being the largest span reinforced concrete arch bridge in the world when it was built.

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Chronology

1933
Education - Oxford General School Certificate, Westminster City School, London
1936
Education - Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng), City and Guilds College, University of London
1936 - 1941
Career position - Engineer, Trussed Concrete Steel Company
1940 - 1948
Career position - Design engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Resposible for all reinforced concrete work in the UK]
1942
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1948 - 1950
Career position - Liaison engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Resposible for all approvings design by consulting engineers]
1950 - 1952
Career position - Chief civil engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Shellhaven refinery, Essex]
1952 - 1955
Career position - Senior engineer, Maunsell, Posford and Perry, Consulting engineers [Design of Baghdad oil refinery; bridges in UK and Iraq]
1955 - 1958
Career position - Founding partner, G Maunsell and Partners, Consulting Engineers
1958 - 1980
Career position - Managing partner, G Maunsell and Partners, Consulting Engineers [Bridges at Hay-on-Wye, UK; Perth and Fremantle, W.A.; Hobart and Launceston Tasmania; Silverwater 1962, Gladesville 1965, Tarban Creek 1965, Regentville 1971, and Bargo 1967, NSW; and others in Melbourne and Canberra.]
1964
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1968
Career event - Elected president, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers
1968
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
1974
Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1976 - 1977
Career position - President, Institution of Civil Engineers, London [112th President]

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Resources

See also

  • Ferguson, Hugh and Chrimes, Mike, The Civil Engineers: The Story of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the People Who Made It (London: ICE Publishing, 2011), 464 pp, https://doi.org/10.1680/CE.41431. Details

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