Please answer the following question: What type of details about leif j. sverdrup can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: leif johan sverdrup -lrb- 11 january 1898 -- 2 january 1976 -rrb- was a norwegian-born american civil engineer and general with the u.s. army corps of engineers in the first half of the 20th century . he is best known for his service in the southwest pacific area during world war ii where he was chief engineer under general of the army douglas macarthur . the son of a distinguished norwegian family , sverdrup emigrated to the united states in 1914 . after serving with the us army in world war i , he earned a degree in civil engineering at the university of minnesota in 1921 . he worked for a time for the missouri state highway department before founding sverdrup & parcel , a civil engineering firm specializing in bridge construction , with john ira parcel , his former university of minnesota engineering professor . his firm was involved in the construction of a number of important bridges , including the washington bridge and amelia earhart bridge over the missouri river and the hurricane deck bridge over the lake of the ozarks . in 1941 , sverdrup became involved with the construction of a chain of airstrips across the pacific ocean to enable heavy bombers to be delivered to the philippines . he was re-commissioned in the us army as a colonel in 1942 and became chief of the construction section in general macarthur 's southwest pacific area . in 1942 he made three treks across the owen stanley range in papua and new guinea on engineer reconnaissance missions into enemy-occupied territory , for which he was decorated with the silver star and the distinguished service medal . in 1944 he became the theater 's chief engineer . after the war he commanded the 102nd infantry division of the us army reserve from 1947 to 1958 . sverdrup & parcel went on to design and oversee the construction of many major projects , including the arnold engineering development center and the chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel , the latter being named one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world after its completion in 1964...
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