Oleg Alexander Kerensky
(Oleg Aleksandrovich) (1905–1984) B.Sc. (Hons. Lond.), A.M.Inst.C.E., civil engineer
1905 Born, son of Alexander Kerensky, Russian Prime Minister and revolutionary leader[1]
1927 Graduated from London Univ.
Training in Mech. Workshops and with County Surveyor
Senior Designer, Engineer on Construction of Lambeth Bridge, and Chief Designer with Bridge Dept., Dorman Long and Co., Ltd.
c.1939 Sub-Agent on Re-Construction of Wandsworth Bridge, Holloway Brothers (London) Ltd., Bridge Wharf, Millbank, London, S.W.1.
1970 Appointed Fellow of the Royal Society; was one of 2 partners in Freeman Fox and Partners recognised as a world authority on bridge design (at this time part of the Milford Haven Bridge collapsed during construction); he was also vice president of the Institution of Structural Engineers.[2]
1970 Lived in Eaton Square, London
1970 Went to Australia with Sir Ralph Freeman to examine the reasons for the collapse of the Yarra Bridge, also a box-girder design[3]
- The Institution of Structural Engineers organised the International Oleg Kerensky Memorial Conferences, the second of which was held in Glasgow in 1989.