Donald Roebling

Donald Roebling.

Donald Roebling (November 15, 1908–1959) was an eccentric twentieth century American philanthropist and inventor. He is most famous for inventing the amtrac in 1937, which he originally intended to be a hurricane rescue device. The United States Navy awarded Roebling a Certificate of Achievement in recognition of "exceptional accomplishment" for his invention, dubbed the Roebling Alligator. In 1948, he received the Medal of Merit from President Harry S. Truman, "for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to the United States." He was the great-grandson of John A. Roebling and the grandson of Colonel Washington A. Roebling, who respectively designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge.

Born in New York City, Roebling grew up in his family's mansion in Bernardsville, New Jersey.^[1]

On December 19, 1979, the Donald Roebling Estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

References

1. ^ Roan, Richard W. "Roebling's Amphibian: The Origin Of The Assault Amphibian". Accessed March 21, 2011. "By the end of World War I, John A. Roebling II had concentrated his efforts on banking and the management of the Roebling family fortune, leaving the leadership of the John A. Roebling's Sons plants to other family members. John and his wife, Margaret, built a sprawling estate called the Boulderwood Mansion in Bernardsville, New Jersey, only thirty miles west of John's office complex in New York City.... Donald Roebling was born in New York City on 15 November 1908. Young Roebling, strong-willed, temperamental, and overweight, spent his childhood in the luxury of his parents' Bernardsville, New Jersey, mansion."

External links

• Global Security – Roebling's Amphibian
• Roebling Alligator Amphibian Tractor
• Time Magazine - Alligators by Roebling

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Name	Roebling, Donald
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Short description	Inventor and philanthropist
Date of birth	November 15, 1908
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death	1959
Place of death