The Strauss Team
Today, we still celebrate the collective efforts of the many engineers and other professionals who created the final design of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. The contribution of each, as individuals and as a team, led to the development of one of the premier suspension spans of our time. Strauss coordinated and managed the preliminary and final design, as well as the construction of the Bridge, working with a team of engineers, architects, geologists, other professionals, and the many dedicated contractors and workers involved in the project.
Most notably was the participation by the following individuals, all of whom, with the exception of Ellis, who served as Design Engineer under Strauss from 1922 to 1931, are named on a dedication plaque that remains mounted on the San Francisco tower of the Bridge to this day:
- Clifford E. Paine, Strauss Engineering Corporation Vice President, served as Principal Assistant Engineer during final design and construction
- Russell G. Cone was Resident Engineer during construction
- Charles Clarahan, Jr. and Dwight N. Wetherell served as Assistant Engineers
- O.H. Ammann, Prof. Charles Derleth, Jr., and Leon S. Moisseiff served on the Advisory Board of Engineers
- Sydney W. Taylor, Jr. was Consulting Traffic Engineer
- Irving F. Morrow, Morrow and Morrow Architects, was Consulting Architect
- Andrew C. Lawson and Allan E. Sedgwick were Consulting Geologists
Although Strauss never officially recognized Ellis for his leadership efforts in the design of the Bridge, the record clearly demonstrates that he deserves significant credit for the suspension bridge design, which we see and cherish today.