A life constructed : reflections on breaking barriers and building opportunities /

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Growing up on the south side of Chicago in a poor, black, working-class neighborhood, Delon Hampton realized early on that any success he would achieve in life, he had to create on his own. Having earned a place at college, he decided to focus on civil engineering. After completing his graduate and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hampton, Delon (Author), Keefe, Bob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Hampton, Delon.
Hampton, Delon
Delon Hampton & Associates.
Delon Hampton & Associates
African American engineers > Biography.
Engineers > United States > Biography.
Civil engineers > United States > Biography.
Civil engineering > United States > History.
African American businesspeople > Biography.
Philanthropists > United States > Biography.
Ingénieurs noirs américains > Biographies.
Ingénieurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Ingénieurs civils > États-Unis > Biographies.
Gens d'affaires noirs américains > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
African American businesspeople
African American engineers
Civil engineering
Civil engineers
Engineers
Philanthropists
United States
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Points of beginning
  • Footings and foundations
  • Life construction
  • Building the next level
  • Blueprint for a career; blueprint for life
  • Tangents and turning points
  • Building a business
  • The other side of life
  • Engineering life
  • Engineering equality
  • Engineering public policy
  • Reflections on a life constructed
  • Appendix.

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