George P Hogg Jr.

George P. Hogg, Jr.
retired Chief Naval Architect, American Bridge Divison, U.S. Steel Corp., passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at the age of 96.
Mr. Hogg of Ross Twp. was from an old Pittsburgh family. He attended Carnegie Tech and graduated from the Univ. of Michigan with a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. After graduation Mr. Hogg worked as a Hull supervisor at the Newport News Shipbuilding and D.D. Co. He served in the Navy as a construction officer. In 1947 he joined American Bridge and for 35 years was in charge of engineering design and estimating for their shipbuilding facilities at Ambridge, PA, Trenton, NJ and Orange, TX. Mr. Hogg was a member of
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the Propeller Club, Theta Xi Fraternity, Tau Beta Pi Scholastic Honorary, and served on Industry Advisory committees of the American Bureau of Shipping. He is survived by his wife, Betsy Hewitt Hogg, sons George H. of Glendale, AZ, Richard B. of Cleveland, OH, Robert J. of Portland OR and a daughter Louise Thayer of Greenville, ME, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He enjoyed gardening, tennis, ice skating, canoeing and most of all traveling, visiting over sixty countries on six continents. A Memorial Service will be held in the spring, the season he loved.
Arrangements by H.P. Brandt Funeral Home, Inc., Ross Twp., 412-364-4444.
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