Feld, Jacob
FELD, JACOB
FELD, JACOB (1899–1975), U.S. civil engineer. Born in Austria, Feld was taken to the U.S. in 1906. He was a graduate of City College, n.y., and got his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. His engineering designs and constructions include the New York Coliseum, Guggenheim Museum, Yonkers Raceway, Sixth Avenue Subway of n.y.c., airfields, and a naval training station. He was a special consultant to the u.s. Air Force and in 1959 became chairman of the engineering division, New York Academy of Science and later became president of the academy and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (asce), which cited him in 1969 as Metropolitan Engineer of the Year. Feld was active in Jewish community affairs.
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