Bertram D. Tallamy

Bertram Dalley Tallamy (December 1, 1901 – September 14, 1989) was superintendent of the New York State Department of Public Works from 1948 to 1955.^[1] On October 12, 1956, he was named by Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Federal Highway Administrator under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.

Bertram Dalley Tallamy
7th Administrator of Federal Highway Administration
In office February 5, 1957 – January 20, 1961
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	John Anthony Volpe
Succeeded by	Rex Marion Whitton
Superintendent of the New York State Department of Public Works
In office 1948–1955
Appointed by	Thomas E. Dewey
Preceded by	Charles Harvey Sells
Succeeded by	John W. Johnson
Personal details
Born	(1901-12-01)December 1, 1901 Plainfield, New Jersey
Died	December 23, 1989(1989-12-23) (aged 88) Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC

Biography

He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on December 1, 1901. He attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1925.^[1]

He was the superintendent of the New York State Department of Public Works from 1948 to 1955 ^[1] where he worked alongside Edward Burton Hughes who held the post of Deputy Superintendent.

On October 12, 1956, he was named by Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Federal Highway Administrator.^[2] He was sworn in on February 5, 1957.^[3] He served as Federal Highway Administrator through the rest of the Eisenhower Administration.^[4]

He then founded Bertram D. Tallamy & Associates.^[5]

He died on September 14, 1989, at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., of kidney failure.^[1]