James L. Stratta dating history

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James Louis Stratta (September 1, 1920 - April 23,1994) was an American structural engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, noted for his contributions to earthquake engineering and forensic engineering. Together with Albert T. Simpson, formed Simpson, Stratta and Associates in 1952, which was responsible for large-scale office parks, commercial buildings, and industrial facilities. In 1978 Stratta became an independent forensic consultant, where he worked on the 1978 Hartford Civic Center roof collapse and the 1979 Kemper Arena roof collapse. From 1952 to 1955 he taught courses on structural and seismic design in the School of Architecture at University of California, Berkeley. He served as president of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) in 1962.