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Show V "i it Henry Holland Former Utah Highway Chief Called by Death An internationally promi-ment promi-ment civil engineer and former Director of the Utah State Deparment of Highways died suddenly of natural causes October 19 in a Salt Lake hospital. Henry C. Helland, 161 No. 1300 West, Salt Lake City, served as Diretor of Highways from April of 1965 until his retirement in March of 1973. During his 15 years with the Department he was responsible respons-ible for the location and design of much of Utah's Interstate Highway System and directed the Department during some of its peak highway construction construc-tion years. In an engineering career which spanned over 43 years, Mr. Helland served as a President of the Western Association of State Highway Officials. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Road Builders Association, As-sociation, and served on several key committees of the American Association of State Highway Officials, including the Executive Committee, the Public Information Commit tee, the AASHO-National As- , sociation of County Officials Joint Committee, and the AASHO-ARBA Public Information Infor-mation Committee. Mr. Helland was born November 21, 1907 in Butte, Montana, a son of Hans Olsen and Christine Iverson Helland. He received his education in the Butte public schools, the Montana School of Mines, and Montana State College, graduating gradu-ating from the latter in 1930 with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. Mr. Helland's first engineering engi-neering job was as a Rodman on a survey crew in Butte for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1931. Shortly thereafter he joined the Montana Highway Department for which he worked 18 years from 1931 to 1957, serving as Structural Designer', Chief Bridge Designer, De-signer, Preconstruction Engineer, Engi-neer, Planning Survey Engineer, Engi-neer, Assistant State Highway Engineer and Deputy State Highway Engineer. He interrupted his service with the Montana Highway Department twice during the period to work as a structural engineer for the U.S. Army Engineers, Seattle, Washington; Washing-ton; as a Structural Engineer and Purchasing Agent for Pleasantville Constructors, Inc., in Nassau, Bahamas, Britich West Indies; as Regional Reg-ional Director of the War Assets Administration; as General Manager of the Carson Construction Company in Helena, Montana; and as Chief Engineer for Canyon Constructors, Inc. during construction con-struction of the Canyon Ferry Dam on the Missouri River. He came to Salt lake City in August of 1957 as" Chief Engineer for Western Engineers, Engi-neers, Inc., and worked on several Utah projects including includ-ing a 20-mile section of Interstate 15 between Provo and Lchi. He joined the Utah State Department of Highways in 1959 as Chief Planning and Programming Engineer. He left the Department for a five-month period from November No-vember 196 1 to April of 12 to Chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers, Engi-neers, a member of the American Society for Engineering Engi-neering Education, and a member of the Utah Relations with Industry Committe. He was a Registered Professional Engineer in both Utah and Montana. Mr. Helland is survived by his widow, Marlene Solum Helland; son, Robert B. Helland, Washington, D.C.; daughter, Mrs. Robert L. (Jeanice) Holtzer, California; sister, Ann Helland, Billings, Montana; and three grandchildren. grand-children. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 22, at 10:30 a.m. in the Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, 175 South 7th East in Salt Lake City. Friends may call Thursday from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Neil O'Donnell Mortuary. Mortu-ary. The family suggests contributions to the Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church or charity of personal preference. |