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Death of Dr. Roll, Civil Engineering

Dr. Frederic Roll, emeritus professor of civil engineering, died on April 29 at the age of 80.

Dr. Roll earned a B.A. in civil engineering at City College of New York in 1944 and earned a masters and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1949 and 1957 respectively. He joined the Penn faculty in 1957 and remained here until he retired in 1986.

He was co-author of The International Handbook of Structural Concrete, a book that was a milestone in the field. In 1963 and 1964 he was a visiting research fellow at the Cement and Concrete Association, England. He served as president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, an organization that named him Structural Engineer of the Year in 1987.

Dr. Roll is survived by his wife, Christine. There will be a memorial service on Monday, May 13, at noon in the social room of the Philadelphian, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 428 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341.