Bertram D. Tallamy Explained

Bertram Dalley Tallamy
Birth Date:1 December 1901
Death Place:Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
Order:7th
Office:Administrator of Federal Highway Administration
Term Start:February 5, 1957
Term End:January 20, 1961
Successor:Rex Marion Whitton
Office2:Superintendent of the New York State Department of Public Works
Term Start2:1948
Term End2:1955
Predecessor2:Charles Harvey Sells
Successor2:John W. Johnson

Bertram Dalley Tallamy (December 1, 1901 – September 14, 1989) was superintendent of the New York State Department of Public Works from 1948 to 1955. On October 12, 1956, he was named by Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Federal Highway Administrator under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.

Biography

He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on December 1, 1901. He attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1925.

He was the superintendent of the New York State Department of Public Works from 1948 to 1955 where he worked alongside Edward Burton Hughes who held the post of Deputy Superintendent.

On October 12, 1956, he was named by Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Federal Highway Administrator.[1] He was sworn in on February 5, 1957.[2] He served as Federal Highway Administrator through the rest of the Eisenhower Administration.[3]

He then founded Bertram D. Tallamy & Associates.[4]

He died on September 14, 1989, at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., of kidney failure.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bertram D. Tallamy . 2014-01-10 . On October 12, 1956, the White House announced that President Dwight D. Eisenhower had chosen Bertram D. Tallamy to be the first [sic] Federal Highway Administrator . .
  2. Web site: Public Roads - the Man Who Changed America, Part II, May/June 2003 -.
  3. Web site: Bertram D. Tallamy - Interstate System - Highway History - Federal Highway Administration.
  4. News: Associated Press . Tallamy to Study L.I. Sound Bridge . A firm headed by Bertram D. Tallamy, former State Public Works Superintendent, has been awarded an $80,000 . . July 31, 1964 . 2014-09-29 .
  5. News: Alfonso A. Narvaez . Alfonso A. Narvaez . Bertram D. Tallamy, 87, Official For U.S. and New York Highways . Bertram Dalley Tallamy, an engineer who supervised billions of dollars in highway construction for the Federal Government and for New York State, died of kidney failure Thursday at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. He was 87 years old and lived in Washington. … . The New York Times . September 19, 1989 . 2011-11-14 .