returned in 1953 and again a final time in 1967 at age 85, while he was still active in his consulting firm. He was an avid fisherman. Singstad died on December 8, 1969. At the time of his death, he lived on Fifth Avenue in New York City. He is buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Honors and awards Singstad received honorary doctorates from the Stevens Institute of Technology of Hoboken, New Jersey; the New York Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minnesota; and the College of Engineering Newark, New Jersey. Singstad was elected president of the American Council of Engineering Companies during 1941; he and Søren Anton Thoresen received gold medals and were decorated by King Albert I of Belgium for their work on the Waasland tunnel; a wooden statue has been erected in his honor at Lensvik Samfunnshus; and in 2008, a lecture in his honor was held at the Museum of Modern Art. Singstad was named 1933 Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, received the 1939 Ridder order of First Class, the 1956 Medal of Honor from the American Society of Engineers and the 1960 Commander of the Order of Merit (Chile). At age 48, Singstad received the Royal Norwegian Academy of Science Society, an award normally reserved for much older people. References Sources Saga in Steel and Concrete is posted in sections at: Norway-L archives 2003-04 Norway-L archives 2003-05 External links Harbor Tunnel Thruway (I-895) Queens Midtown Tunnel Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (I-478) Baltimore Harbor Tunnel American Council of Engineering Companies Søren Anton Thorsen 1882 births 1969 deaths American civil engineers People from Sør-Trøndelag Norwegian emigrants to the United States Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Holland Tunnel