John Walter Baxter
John Walter Baxter CBE (4 June 1917 London – 21 October 2003) was a British civil engineer.
Baxter left Westminster City School at the age of 16. He was a graduate of the City & Guilds College, with a BSc in engineering.
He worked for Trussed Concrete Steel Company from 1936 to 1941, Royal Dutch Shell from 1941 to 1952. He met Guy Maunsell, and joined the firm of Maunsell, Posford and Pavry, in 1952. He was a founding partner of the new firm of G. Maunsell and Partners in 1955, and was senior partner from 1959 to 1980. He was responsible for designing the Westway. [1] His work appears in ICE Proceedings.[2]
He married Jessie in 1941; they have a daughter.
References
- ↑ "John Baxter: The man who masterminded London's most hated road", The Guardian Andrew Mylius, 10 November 2003
- ↑ http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/search;jsessionid=1bovy3j08myu4.z-telford-01?value1=J+W+Baxter&option1=fulltext
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| Preceded by Norman Rowntree |
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers November 1976 – November 1977 |
Succeeded by Alan Muir Wood |
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