Peter C. Zwick, a longtime ASCE Cleveland Section member whose passion for civil engineering began during his Korean War service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and extended over a six-decade career, has died at age 94.
Zwick, P.E., L.S., M.ASCE, designed and engineered commercial and industrial sites, residential developments, and airport fieldside improvements throughout Ohio and neighboring states.
While honing his skills with a major architectural-engineering-planning consultant, Zwick dedicated 12 years of night school to receiving a degree from Fenn College of Engineering at Cleveland State University in 1968. He launched his engineering and surveying company Zwick Assoc. Inc. in 1970.
Zwick’s firm expanded to serve both private and public clientele, and eventually he served as a consulting city engineer in several municipalities. He was a mentor to many young engineers, and was known for professionalism, integrity, and ingenuity.
An accomplished amateur baseball player in his prime, Zwick particularly relished the opportunity to engineer park sites with athletic fields, and would even play in the inaugural game after the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
His love of underwater archaeology merged engineering and surveying ability, SCUBA diving, nautical skills, and a zeal for history, in the Caribbean Sea as well as in the Great Lakes, at times assisting expeditions sponsored by universities and museums.
Zwick was married to his wife Joyce for 69 years. He was fond of the city in which he lived and its institutions including the Cleveland Indians/Guardians and other sports teams.
