Resume' of L. C. Nichols (1919-2011)
Education: B. S. in Civil Engineering, 1949 Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Registration: Registered Professional
Engineer in Tennessee, Arkansas,
and Mississippi.
Experience:
1949 to 1951 - Russell & Axon, Consulting Engineers
St. Louis, Missouri
Junior Engineer designing highways, water and sewer
facilities
and construction supervision.
1951 to 1954 - Bransford & Nichols, Consulting Engineers
Union City, Tennessee
Founding partner,
project manager and field coordinator of
various engineering projects.
1954 to 1956 - McFarland & Nichols, Engineers
Union City, Tennessee
Partner
and project engineer for engineering projects.
1956 to 1967 - Nichols Engineering Company, Consulting Engineers
Union City, Tennessee
Owner
and chief engineer. Designed and supervised design of
drainage projects, sub-divisions, water and wastewater facilities,
bridges, roads
and streets, airports, buildings, land surveying
and mapping.
1967 to 1973 - Nichols Engineering Service, Inc.
Consulting Engineers
Union
City, Tennessee
President and Chief Engineer in charge of all company
operations and design of engineering projects.
1973 to 1977 - Nichols
Engineering Service, Inc.
Consulting Engineers
Union City, Tennessee
Chairman of the Board and Secretary-Treasurer, in charge
of marketing
and technical advisor.
1977 to 1982 - Russell & Axon, Engineers-Planners-Architects,
Daytona Beach, Florida
Vice President in charge
of marketing for Nichols Engineering
Service, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Russell & Axon.
Also, technical advisor on various
engineering projects.
1982 to 2011 - Robert L. Nichols & Associates
Consulting Engineers
Union City, Tennessee
Part-time marketing and
technical advisor.
Also provided construction inspection on the new runway
at Everett Stewart Airport in 1999.