1 v. (ix, 474 p., [12] leaves of plates) : 29 cm
23 sound cassettes
1 v
1 videocassette : 1/2 in
Lin a nd Guo family histo r y in China, education at home, a nd at American Methodist School, Jiao Tong University, 1927-1931, a nd UC Berkeley, 1931-1933, engineer, Chinese Ministry of Railways, 1933-1945, professo r of engineering, UC Berkeley, since 1946, o r ganizing 1957 wo r ld conference, promoting prestressed concrete technology, fo r mation of T.Y. Lin companies, construction of Caracas racetrack, Managua Bank of America, Moscone Center, Kuwait harbo r , buildings in Puerto Rico, Kuala Lumpur, Phoenix, building arch a nd cable bridges: Hegenberger, Idaho, Kwang Du, Rio Colo r ado, Twin Cities Mississippi River, Kwang Fu, I-205 at Po r tla nd, a nd others, bridges not built, Ruck-a-Chucky, Bering Strait, Gibraltar Strait, development of Pudong project, Shanghai, 1980, a nd influencing Chinese leaders, comments on Buckminster Fuller, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ronald Reagan, critiques of Bay Area bridges, thoughts on optimization. Includes supplementary interviews: wife Margaret Lin on life in wartime China, life in America, colleagues Ben C. Gerwick, Jr., Mark Ketchum
Lin reviews a nd comments on one hundred slides covering his personal life, roof structures, building structures, girder bridges, arch bridges, cable bridges, strait crossings, a nd Shanghai Pudon development. The slides accompany the interview, conducted September 11, 2000 by Eleano r Swent
T.Y. a nd Margaret Lin at home, videographed by Suzanne Riess, Kathryn Stine, a nd Eleano r Swent in 2002
Includes interviews with Margaret Lin, Ben C. Gerwick, Jr., a nd Mark Ketchum
Dept. of Special Collections, University of Califo r nia, Los Angeles Library
Volume includes index