Willard Gustav Triest
{{Short description|Civil engineer (1905–1989)}}
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{{Infobox engineer
| name = Willard G. Triest
| birth_name =Willard Gustav Triest
| spouse = Laura Wolcott Tuckerman
| partner =
| children =Laura Wolcott Triest
| parents = Wolfgang Gustav Triest
| image =
| birth_date = 1905
| birth_place = New York City New York, United States
| death_date = June 22, 1989 (aged 83)
| death_place =Annapolis, Maryland, United States
| practice_name =Triest Construction Company
Triest Lumber Co.
Snead & Triest
| significant_projects =Severn River Bridge
| alma_mater =
| awards =
}}
Willard Gustav Triest (1905{{snd}}June 22, 1989) was an American civil engineer.
Early life
Willard Gustav Triest was born in 1905 in New York City, New York.Mason, J. T. (1986). The Pacific war remembered: an oral history collection . Naval Institute Press.
He was born into an engineering family, as his father Wolfgang Gustav Triest and maternal grandfather were involved in the Brooklyn Bridge construction. His father worked in heavy construction with the Triest Construction Company in New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/22/obituaries/willard-g-triest-83-led-building-company.html
|title=Willard G. Triest, 83; Led Building Company|work=The New York Times |date=22 June 1989 |access-date=2024-05-20}}
Career
In 1926, he joined his father's firm, the Triest Contracting Corporation, subway and bridge builders of New York. He began as vice president and rose to become the company's president.
In 1941, he was commissioned in the Civil Engineer Corps of the United States Navy where he served 5 years as a battalion and regimental commander.{{cite report |title=Volumes 1-2 of The Small Business Administration and Related Activities: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 2 of the Select Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 114, a Resolution Creating a Select Committee to Conduct a Study and Investigation of the Problems of Small Business, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |date=1955}}
In 1950, he relocated to Annapolis from New York City to build the Severn River Bridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.27east.com/southampton-press/laura-tuckerman-triest-longtime-southampton-summer-resident-dies-august-24-1465815/
|title=Laura Tuckerman Triest, Longtime Southampton Summer Resident, Dies August 24|website=27east.com|date=7 September 2012 |access-date=2024-05-21}} In Annapolis, he established the engineering firm of Snead & Triest.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-post-debutante/147792593/|title=Laura Tuckerman, Post Debutante, Bride Saturday of Willard Triest, Great Neck - Newspapers.com™|newspaper=Newsday (Suffolk Edition)|date=15 November 1951 |page=67 |access-date=2024-05-21}}
In the spring of 1954, he bought a small machine business in Annapolis and eventually retired in 1986.
Death
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Category:American civil engineers
Category:Civil engineering contractors