Person
Wagner, Eric Gordon (1898 - 1987)
- Born
- 7 April 1898
Queensland, Australia - Died
- 2 September 1987
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer, Consulting engineer and Structural engineer
Summary
Eric Wagner, BE FIEAust, was a partner, and later senior partner in the consulting engineering firm Macdonald Wagner, from when it was formed in Sydney in 1934 until he retired in 1974.
His first job from 1922 to 1926 was Engineer in Charge of grain elevator construction with the NSW Department of Agriculture, and this had a major and continuing influence on his career.
From the early 1950s, Wagner gradually became the driving force in the practice as Macdonald's ill-health restricted his involvement, and in 1955, after Macdonald's death, became the senior partner. Over the next 20 years Wagner guided the company's expansion to enable it to become a major multi-disciplinary Australian and international engineering consultancy.
Active in professional life from the beginning of his career, Wagner was a founder and later president of the Association of Structural Engineers New South Wales.
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Chronology
- 1921
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1921
- Education - Bachelor of Civile Engineering (BE), University of Queensland
- 1922 - 1925
- Career position - Engineer in Charge, Grain Elevator Construction, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales
- 1925
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1926
- Career position - Structural design engineer [to a steel manufacturer]
- 1926 - 1934
- Career position - Consulting engineer, on own account [Working with architects on many buildings in William Street, Sydney]
- 1934 - 1948
- Career position - Partnered with Alex Macdonald, to form consulting engineering firm A. S. Macdonald and Wagner
- 1941
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1948 - 1955
- Career event - Partner, Consulting engineers, MacDonald Wagner & Priddle
- 1955 - 1974
- Career position - Senior partner, Consulting engineers, MacDonald Wagner & Priddle
- 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
- 1974
- Life event - Retired
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Created: 10 December 2024