"The San Francisco Examiner", Tuesday, October 19, 1965, page 42
Retired federal highway designer Frank R. Bonnickson, 72 who played a key role here in building thousands of miles of roads, died of a heart attack Sunday while visiting relatives in Richmond.
Mr. Bonnickson won his degree in engineering at the UC Berkeley campus in 1916, joined the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads office here, took time out to serve as lieutenant in the Army Engineers in World War I.
He designed highways for 11 western states, Alaska and Hawaii, won the prized Department of Commerce silver medal for outstanding service, and retired in 1957 as the bureau's acting division engineer.
A yardstick on his work was contained in his 1956 announcement here that California alone would receive $367.5 million in federal funds in a three-year highway-building program.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine, Berkeley; a son, John, Concord; three granddaughters, a brother, two sisters.
The Rosary will be recited at 8 tonight at the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland, where final services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Retired federal highway designer Frank R. Bonnickson, 72 who played a key role here in building thousands of miles of roads, died of a heart attack Sunday while visiting relatives in Richmond.
Mr. Bonnickson won his degree in engineering at the UC Berkeley campus in 1916, joined the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads office here, took time out to serve as lieutenant in the Army Engineers in World War I.
He designed highways for 11 western states, Alaska and Hawaii, won the prized Department of Commerce silver medal for outstanding service, and retired in 1957 as the bureau's acting division engineer.
A yardstick on his work was contained in his 1956 announcement here that California alone would receive $367.5 million in federal funds in a three-year highway-building program.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine, Berkeley; a son, John, Concord; three granddaughters, a brother, two sisters.
The Rosary will be recited at 8 tonight at the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland, where final services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
"The San Francisco Examiner", Tuesday, October 19, 1965, page 42
Retired federal highway designer Frank R. Bonnickson, 72 who played a key role here in building thousands of miles of roads, died of a heart attack Sunday while visiting relatives in Richmond.
Mr. Bonnickson won his degree in engineering at the UC Berkeley campus in 1916, joined the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads office here, took time out to serve as lieutenant in the Army Engineers in World War I.
He designed highways for 11 western states, Alaska and Hawaii, won the prized Department of Commerce silver medal for outstanding service, and retired in 1957 as the bureau's acting division engineer.
A yardstick on his work was contained in his 1956 announcement here that California alone would receive $367.5 million in federal funds in a three-year highway-building program.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine, Berkeley; a son, John, Concord; three granddaughters, a brother, two sisters.
The Rosary will be recited at 8 tonight at the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland, where final services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Retired federal highway designer Frank R. Bonnickson, 72 who played a key role here in building thousands of miles of roads, died of a heart attack Sunday while visiting relatives in Richmond.
Mr. Bonnickson won his degree in engineering at the UC Berkeley campus in 1916, joined the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads office here, took time out to serve as lieutenant in the Army Engineers in World War I.
He designed highways for 11 western states, Alaska and Hawaii, won the prized Department of Commerce silver medal for outstanding service, and retired in 1957 as the bureau's acting division engineer.
A yardstick on his work was contained in his 1956 announcement here that California alone would receive $367.5 million in federal funds in a three-year highway-building program.
He is survived by his wife, Josephine, Berkeley; a son, John, Concord; three granddaughters, a brother, two sisters.
The Rosary will be recited at 8 tonight at the Chapel of the Oaks, Oakland, where final services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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