Olaf Kier CBE, 1899–1986
1899 Born in Denmark
1922 Arrived in England[1]
1928 With Jorgen Lotz, formed Lotz and Kier, a construction business[2]
1932 J. L. Kier and Co was formed to take over the civil engineering and building contractor business.
1934 MD of J L Kier and Co
1939 Olaf Kier 40, Director - civil engineer, lived in Wimbledon with Gudrun A Kier 39[3]
1947 Naturalised British
1947 Their only son, Harold, died[4]
Post-WWII: After working on the reconstruction of Rotterdam Docks, Kier was chosen as chair of the Anglo-Dutch Owens Falls Dam project in Uganda[5]
1955 Made Fellow of the Inst of Civil Engineers
1963 Chairman and joint MD of J. L. Kier and Co when it went public.
1976 Retired
1986 Died in Royston[6]
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