Leslie Robertson
Mr. Robertson is responsible for the structural design of hundreds of buildings and structures about the world including the World Trade Center (New York), the United States Steel Headquarters (Pittsburgh), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong), Puerta de Europa (Madrid) and the Continental Arena (Meadowlands) as well as exceptional museums in Berlin, Portland (Maine) and Seattle, and the Miho Museum Bridge (Japan). He has received the Gengo Matsui Prize and the AIA Institute Honor, was recognized as ENR's Construction 'Man of the Year', is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is licensed as a First Class Architect (Japan). Mr. Robertson was recently named one of Engineering News Record's "125 Top People of the Past 125 Years". Les is one of twenty structural engineers (nine of whom are living) who made ENR's list of 125 Top People.
For his extraordinary efforts in the restoration of the World Trade Center after the 1993 bombing, Mr. Robertson received the Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology. He was also awarded The World Trade Center Individual Exceptional Service Medal by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Mr. Robertson holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
He has been awarded the following honorary degrees: Doctor of Engineering: Lehigh University; Doctor of Science: The University of Western Ontario; and, Doctor of Engineering: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.