Lynn Beedle

Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award

Bethlehem, United States

About

Lynn S. Beedle was the founder of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, established in 1969 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He presented the Council’s mission to disseminate multi-disciplinary information on tall buildings and sustainable urban environments, to maximize the international interaction of professionals involved in creating the built environment, and to make the latest knowledge available to professionals in a useful form.

Dr. Beedle was born in Orland, CA. and graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1941. In 1947, he joined Lehigh University as an instructor and five years later received his doctorate there in structural engineering. His groundbreaking studies on the properties of steel structures and his creation in 1969 of the Council helped the university become a center for civil and structural…

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Lynn Beedle

CTBUH Roles

Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)

CTBUH Chairman (1969 – 1976)

Annual Conference, Presenter (Nashville 1974; Beijing & Shanghai 1981)

Editorial Committee, Chairman (1995 – 2000)

Videos

02 November 2008

Founder and First Chairman 'Lynn Beedle'

Biography about Lynn Beedle and the Council on Tall Buildings, narrated by his son David and shown during the first annual awards dinner. For his...

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2 May 2019

CTBUH 50th Anniversary: Moments in History #4

CTBUH Moment in History #4 discusses the controversial claim by the Petronas Towers for the title of “World’s Tallest Building” over the record holder at the time, Willis Tower.

7 December 2017

CTBUH Founder, Dr. Lynn Beedle, at 100

The founder of the CTBUH, Dr. Lynn Beedle, a professor and eventually director of the Fritz Engineering Laboratory at Lehigh University, would have been 100 years old on December 7.

25 May 2017

Council HQ Welcomes Family of Lynn S. Beedle

CTBUH headquarters was proud to welcome the family of Council founder Lynn S. Beedle to their Monroe Building offices on Thursday, May 25.

23 February 2017

CTBUH Celebrates New Office Launch in Chicago

The CTBUH enjoyed a lively evening with friends and members in a celebration of its new office located downtown.

13 April 2011

Back to Bethlehem: Where it all began…

Executive Director Antony Wood reflects on his trip to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where he met with the Beedle family and visited Lehigh University, where it all began for the Council.

16 December 2009

Height: The History of Measuring Tall Buildings

This article describes some of the events which took place in the Council's long, and sometimes complex, history of measuring tall buildings.

02 November 2008

Founder and First Chairman 'Lynn Beedle'

Biography about Lynn Beedle and the Council on Tall Buildings, narrated by his son David and shown during the first annual awards dinner. For his...