Frank
Bird Jr.
Class of 1988
Background:
Frank E. Bird Jr. was born December 19, 1921, in Netcong,
New Jersey. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from
Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1949 following
four years of service in the United States Navy Medical Department
during World War II where he served as a chief pharmacist
mate.
Professional
Experience:
At the time of his induction, he was president of the International
Loss Control Institute and adjunct professor, Georgia State
University. He also was the former director of Engineering
Services for the Insurance Company of North America (1968-1973).
He was employed by the Lukens Steel Company of Coatesville,
Pennsylvania, from 1950-1968 where he managed the safety,
health, fire and security programs.
Career
Highlights:
Mr. Bird pioneered in the expansion of industrial safety from
an injury-oriented concept to a discipline encompassing all
accidents by his extensive studies and writings on the identification,
costs and control of the property damage accident during the
1950s and early 1960s. The book, Damage Control, co-authored
by him and published by the American Management Association
in 1966, was one of his many publications on this subject.
He continued to contribute to management's awareness of the
extent of loss from accidents and other avoidable waste of
resources by development of the "Total Loss Control"
concept at the Insurance Company of North America in 1969.
He introduced public courses at the INA Safety Academy where
Total Loss Control and the TLC profiling system were taught.
During
his long career, he made substantial contributions to the
conceptual development and refinement of safety and health
program evaluation methods and techniques for a significant
number of countries. He originated the safety and health program
evaluation systems coordinated today by the Industrial Accident
Prevention Association and the Mines Accident Prevention Association
of Ontario, Canada; the Quebec Mining Association; the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Accidents, United Kingdom; the
Accident Compensation Corporation of New Zealand; the Accident
Prevention Associations of Spain, Mexico, Chile, the Philippines
and safety organizations in Australia, Finland, Holland, Belgium
and France. He contributed many innovative methods and techniques
for the management of safety and health programs through his
extensive writings and international conference participation.
He authored several books, including Management Guide to Loss
Control and Mine Safety and Loss Control Management, and co-authored
Loss Control Management, Practical Loss Control Leadership
and Commitment.
His numerous
awards and honors included the Public Service Award from the
United States Department of the Interior, the Distinguished
Service Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents, Fellow in the American Society of Safety Engineers,
Honorary Fellow in the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management,
Honorary Life Membership in the Industrial Accident Prevention
Association of Ontario and Honorary Life Membership in the
Canadian Society of Safety Engineers.
