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1950 Master's Degree Recipient Among the Earliest Transportation Alumni

(See item in Feb. 1998 50th Anniversary Issue of ITS Review, PDF)

(Published in the Marin Independent Journal on 1/17/2006)

Eric Mohr 1922 ~ 2006

Eric Mohr, a transportation engineer and educator, was born in 1922 in Breslau, Germany. He came to California in 1939 and became a U.S. Citizen in 1944. He served in the U.S. Army Counterintelligence in Europe during and after World War II; he continued service in the Active Reserve and was discharged with the rank of Captain.

Eric studied engineering at UC Berkeley and graduated in 1949.

[Editor's note: He then became a member of the first graduate class in highway and traffic engineering, created and taught by Professors Harmer Davis, Ralph Moyer, and Donald Berry, and received his master's degree in 1950.]

He worked first for Deleuw, Cather & Co. in Chicago, and then for the California Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco where he advanced to the position of Supervising Engineer.

In 1969, he returned to UC Berkeley for graduate work and obtained a doctorate in Engineering. He then taught courses in Transportation and Logistics at San Francisco State University, Golden Gate University, and San Jose State University, and undertook assignments as an independent consultant. He served as Dean of the School of Transportation and Logistics Management at Golden Gate University from 1984 to 1989.

Dr. Mohr was a life member of the Institute for Transportation Engineers, the Sierra Club, and Mensa. He was also active in the Marin Conservation League, Tamalpa Runners, and the National Peace Foundation. Eric and Ingeborg Kohls were married in 1953 and moved to Marin County in 1954. Their children are Linde of Laurel, Maryland, Ralph of Renton, Washington, and Thomas of Santa Clara, California. All survive him as do their spouses and three granddaughters.