Carper, Kenneth L.

JACOB FELD (1899-1975) was a prominent structural engineer in New York for many years with design responsibility for a number of important buildings, including the New York Coliseum, Guggenheim Museum, Yonkers Raceway, and Lincoln Center. From 1966 until his death in 1975, he was a partner in the firm of Feld, Kaminetzky & Cohen. Feld was a graduate of City College, receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree from that institution in 1972, as well as a PhD from the University of Cincinnati in 1922. He served as president of the New York Academy of Sciences and was a Fellow of the American Soci...