Résumé

Engineer, W.L. Haber, Engineer, San Francisco, CA, 1942. In 1942, Haber had an office at 1 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1517, accessed 02/29/2024.)

The 1950 US Census noted that Rinne was a civil engineer.

Project engineer, Hall, Pregnoff and Matheu, Structural Engineers, San Francisco, CA, c. 1957.

Principal, Clarence E. Rinne, Engineer.

Professional Activities

Director, Structural Engineers Association of California, Board of Directors, Los Angeles, CA, 1958- 1959 . (See "With the Engineers: Structural Engineers Association of California," Architect and Engineer, vol. 212, no. 1, 01/1958, p. 28.)

College

B.S., Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, c. 1935.

College Awards

Member, Tau Beta Pi, national engineering scholatic honor society, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1934. (See University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Blue and Gold Yearbook, 1934, vol. 61, 1934, p. 431.)

Relocation

The engineer Clarence Emil Rinne was born in Albany, CA, on 05/04/1914.

He had an address of 1316 Albina Avenue in Berkeley, CA, in 1941. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903-1945; NAI Number: 4492741; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85, accessed 02/29/2024.)

On 04/28/1942, Rinne resided at 1739 Oxford Street in Berkeley, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1517, accessed 02/29/2024.)

The 1950 US Census located Rinne living with his wife Reola and daughter Carole at 1501 Morse Street in San Carlos, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: San Carlos, San Mateo, California; Roll: 507; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 41-134, accessed 02/29/2024.)

In 1993, Clarence Rinne lived at 341 Mariposa Avenue in Los Altos, CA. His last residence was in the 94022 zip code of Los Altos, CA.

Spouse

He wed Reola Sylvia Johnson (born 05/18/1917 in MN-d. 10/23/1980 in Santa Clara County, CA) had roots in MN, where many Scandinavians had settled during the late-19th and early-20th centuries.

Her mother Rena Haug (born c. 04/1888 in SD), had parents who immigrated to the US from Norway. She managed the household that would include at least two children. Reola's father was also Norwegian, Kristian Johan Eide Johnsen (anglicized to "Christ J.E. Johnson," born 07/29/1885 in Meløy, Nordland, Norway-d. 10/22/1927 in Hennepin County, MN), who worked as a dealer in butter and eggs in 1910 in Minneapolis, MN. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Minneapolis Ward 11, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: T624_705; Page: 12a; Enumeration District: 0183; FHL microfilm: 1374718, accessed 02/29/2024.)

Children

He and Reola had a daughter, Carole Rinne Moore (born c. 1945 in CA).

Biographical Notes

Rinne went on a cruise aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta that sailed from Cristobal, US Canal Zone, on 09/14/1941 and arrived in New Orleans, CA, on 09/22/1941. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903-1945; NAI Number: 4492741; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85, accessed 02/29/2024.)

According to this World War II draft registration card of 04/28/1942, Rinne was Caucasian, with a ruddy complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. He stood 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighed 160 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1517, accessed 02/29/2024.)

SSN: 546-01-0453.