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EDUCATION

University of Illinois, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, 1980

University of Missouri, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, 1975

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Committee on Specifications, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)

International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)

University of Illinois President’s Council

Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI)

Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC)

Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAONY)

Certified in the Practice of Structural Engineering by the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB)

William F. Baker

PE, SE, FASCE, FIStructE
Structural and Civil Engineering Partner

William F. Baker is the Structural Engineering Partner for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP. Throughout his distinguished career, Bill has dedicated himself to structural innovation. His best known contribution has been to develop the “buttressed core” structural system for the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest manmade structure. While widely regarded for his work on supertall buildings, his expertise also extends to long-span roof structures, such as the Korean Air Lines Operations Hangar and the Virginia Beach Convention Center, as well as specialty structures like Broadgate-Exchange House and the GM Renaissance Center-North Lobby. Baker has also collaborated with numerous artists, including Jamie Carpenter (Raspberry Island-Schubert Club Band Shell), Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With), James Turrell (Roden Crater), and Jaume Plensa (World Voices).

In addition to working at SOM, Bill is actively involved with numerous professional organizations and institutions of higher learning. In 2011, he received an honorary doctorate in engineering from the University of Stuttgart and an ASCE Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Award for Design. Bill is also the 2010 recipient of the Gold Medal from the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and the 2009 recipient and first American to receive the Fritz Leonhardt Preis (Germany). In 2008, the CTBUH awarded him the Fazlur Rahman Khan medal. Bill is a Fellow of both the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the IStructE, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He frequently lectures on a variety of structural engineering topics within the U.S. and abroad.



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