Professor T.Y. Lin Dies at Age 91

Professor Emeritus Tung-Yen Lin, the internationally acclaimed structural engineer, died on November 15th. Lin served as a professor at UC Berkeley from 1946-1976. Lin's research with the use of prestressed concrete "changed the history of building, making possible today's high rises and graceful long-span structures that can bear heavy loads, withstand earthquakes and hurricanes and cost little to maintain," notes Alex Scordelis, professor emeritus of Structural Engineering at UC Berkeley. "Almost every continent you go to there will be structures with T.Y. Lin's mark on them. He was a one-of-a-kind person of incredible creative vision in structural design," said Karl Pister, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering and dean emeritus of the College of Engineering.

The department expresses its condolences to the Lin family and celebrates the life of this fine engineer.




T.Y. Lin Press Release from UC Berkeley

T.Y. Lin Obituary from the San Francisco Chronicle