Résumé

Partner, Olsen and Ratti, Structural Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1959-1976. His biography posted on the Structural Engineers Association of Washington website, said of his career: "A long-time advocate for historic preservation, Dean worked on renovations and restorations of numerous historic structures, including many of Seattle's landmark buildings in Pioneer Square and throughout the greater Seattle area. He counts the Park Hilton among his most memorable projects, at the time of its construction the tallest reinforced concrete ductile frame on the West Coast as well as one of the first uses of top-down construction for a major downtown structure -- which according to Dean "went up and down at the same time." Other notable projects include the Tacoma Financial Center, Seattle's Pier 69, the Applied Physics Lab and the Fisheries Building at UW, and the renovation of Queen Anne High School, Latitude 47, Park Place Office Building, Market Place Buildings and Housing, Pioneer Building, and Grand Central on the Park." (See SEAW.org, "Structural Engineers Hall of Fame: Dean Ratti - Life Member 2008, Engineer of the Year 1993," accessed 08/03/2022.)

Partner, Olsen, Ratti and Fossatti, Structural Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1977-1978.

Partner, Ratti and Fossatti, Structural Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1978-1989.

Partner, Ratti Swenson Perbix, Structural Engineers, Seattle, WA, 1989- c. 1991.

Teaching

Instructor, University of Washington, College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), structures course, six years.

Professional Activities

Member, Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW).

Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

Member, City of Seattle, Design Commission, Seattle, WA, 1982-1986.

Member, I-90 Citizens Committee, Seattle, WA.

Professional Awards

Recipient, SEAW, Engineer of the Year, Seattle, WA, 1993.

Recipient, SEAW, Life Member, Seattle, WA, 2008.

College

M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA.

Relocation

Dean Ratti's parents settled in Long Beach, CA, where he was born in 1926.

The Rattis relocated to Seattle, WA, by about 1929.