Frank Moolin Jr.
Frank P. Moolin Jr. (1934–1982) was the senior engineer in charge of the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. He graduated from the University of Chicago magna cum laude with an engineering degree. Moolin worked on various projects including a refinery in Singapore and San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit System. After finishing work on the pipeline, Moolin started a construction consulting company. He also served as chief executive officer for the conglomerate Alaska International Industries, and became a vice president of Western Airlines. He was awarded "Construction's Man of the Year" by Engineering News-Record magazine. In 1982, he died of leukemia. Shortly before his death, he stated:
"Perhaps I am being immodest, but I believe that in my career, I have accomplished many things. And foremost among them is the successful construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. I am confident that history will place the TAPS project among the highest technological achievements of engineering and construction. We had a very tough job to do, and we did it well." References

External links

 Alaska's Digital Archives – Moolin reading on an airplane
 Alaska's Digital Archives – Moolin standing next to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

1934 births
1982 deaths
American civil engineers
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
University of Chicago alumni
20th-century American engineers