Thomas E. Hammond

Life Member 1998

Thomas Elliott Hammond, born in Portland June 7, 1933, attended elementary school in Portland before moving with his family to Kirkland, where he graduated from Lake Washington High School. He studied at the University of Washington 1951-53 before enlisting in the US Marine Corps. Upon discharge in 1955 he returned to UW, receiving the BSCE in 1958. During his undergraduate studies he worked with Taft Structurals, and while pursuing the MSCE he worked with Washington DOT for one year and then with Rubens & Pratt, consulting engineers.

In 1961 he began work with John H. Stevenson & Associates in Seattle. The firm's work related to the Seattle World's Fair included secondary structures and Bubbleator revisions to the Armory building. Upon Mr. Stevenson's death in 1968, the associates started the firm of Macdonald-McLaren-Hammond, Structural Engineers. Tom Hammond left the firm in 1968 to become a principal with Harvey Dodd and Associates. He remained with the firm, which became known as Dodd Pacific Engineers, until 1995. At that time he established Thomas E. Hammond, PE, Inc. and began active retirement via a newly-purchased motor home.

Significant projects: Nathan Hale High School, Seattle; Anchorage Daily News building, City Bible Church, Portland (largest span thin shell dome); University of Alaska facilities in Anchorage, Juneau, Nome, Sitka; Alaskan Bush schools state-wide; Benaroya business parks, Seattle area; numerous schools in the Seattle area: elementary, junior high, senior high, vocational; warehouse facilities in WA, AZ, NM, ID, OR; Hurricane Iniki Hawaii repairs; SF earthquake repairs, Coast Guard facilities, Seattle.

Tom married Karen Gene Strande in 1958; two of their four children completed engineering studies at UW.

His community activism has included service on the SEAW Board and on the Seattle Landmarks Board 2002-2008.

Posted June 2012