Thomas Paulay

Thomas Paulay
Born (1923-05-26)26 May 1923
Sopron, Hungary
Died 28 June 2009(2009-06-28) (aged 86)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Residence New Zealand
Alma mater University of Canterbury
Thesis The coupling of shear walls. (1969)

Thomas Paulay OBE OoM (26 May 1923 – 28 June 2009) was a Hungarian-New Zealand earthquake engineer.

Academic career

Trained as chemical engineer, after fleeing Hungary to West Germany, Paulay arrived in New Zealand in 1951,[1] and became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1957.[2] In 1961, he joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Canterbury, where he spent many years studying the seismic behaviour and design of structures.[1][3][4]

In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Paulay was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to civil engineering. [5]

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