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Frank Mirgain was born in Chicago on October 19, 1909. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Purdue in 1931 and his M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Rutgers in 1933. He remained at Rutgers until 1949 as professor in civil engineering. He then joined the faculty of Cooper Union School of Engineering in 1949 as head of the Civil Engineering Department. In 1954 he came to NDAC as Dean of the College of Engineering. After retiring as Dean, he stayed on at NDSU as Public Programs Coordinator for a year. In 1975, he was elected vice president of the National Society of Professional Engineers. He was named Dean Emeritus on July 1, 1976. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon and Sigma Xi, honor societies.
He married Velma N. Chase in 1931 and they had 3 children. While vacationing in Corpus Christi, Texas, he died in February 1977. |
