Jack Boyd Buckley
Businessperson, Military Person
1926 – 2007
Who was Jack Boyd Buckley?
Jack Boyd Buckley was a civil engineer and building consultant based in Houston, Texas. He played a major role in the construction of numerous high-rise buildings and amusement parks throughout the world, including Pennzoil Place and Greenway Plaza in Houston, and was involved in the design of the air conditioning system of the Astrodome. His son, James Sartwelle Buckley, said that his father had a role in the mechanical design of 11 of the 100 tallest buildings in the world, and 25 percent of the tallest buildings in the United States. In addition to air conditioning, Buckley's expertise was in electrical systems. Buckley also helped to write many national engineering standards and building codes and served accordingly as chairman of the Houston General Appeals Board and the Engineer's Council of Houston.
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- Born
- Feb 6, 1926
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Rice University
- Lived in
- Fort Wayne
- Texas
- Died
- Oct 9, 2007
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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