# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-b-steinman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:47.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-b-steinman"
name: "David B. Steinman"
slug: "david-b-steinman"
description: "David Barnard Steinman was an American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's lower Manhattan, and lived with the ambition of making his mark on the Brooklyn Bridge that he lived under. In 1906 he earned a bachelor's degree from City College and in 1909, a Master of Arts from Columbia University and a Doctorate in 1911. He also received an honorary Doctor of Science in Engineering on 15 April 1952 from degree mill Sequoia University, but would distance himself from it soon after a 1957 inquiry raised doubts over its legitimacy, and did not mention the qualifications in his biographies. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Louis E. Levy Medal in 1957."
tagline: "American civil engineer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/DavidBSteinman_Mackinac_bridge_plaque_cropped.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1886-06-11"
deathDate: "1960-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.052524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ديفيد ستينمان"
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    title: "David B. Steinman"
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    title: "David B. Steinman"
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    title: "David B. Steinman"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bernard_Steinman"
    title: "David Bernard Steinman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David B. Steinman"
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    title: "Штейнман, Дэвид"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump