Newland (N.J.) Jerome Malmquist

On November 23, Newland (N.J.) Jerome Malmquist passed away at the age of 91. Born on November 14, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah to O.N. and Florence Malmquist. He was a Civil and Structural Engineer receiving his BS in 1957 from the University of Utah. During his time at the “U” he was a Commissioned Ensign in the Civil Engineering Corps, U.S. Navy. After graduating he served his tour of duty in the Pacific Theater as a Lieutenant with the Mobile Construction Battalion Five (MCB5) famously known as the SeaBees.

In 1980 he co-founded Larson & Malmquist Inc. consulting engineers and land surveyors where he worked until his retirement. Newland has received several national awards for structural engineering projects. He was a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and a founding member of the Structural Engineering Association of Utah (SEAU). In 1997 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Applied Technology Council (ATC), a California non-profit corporation that does international research in earthquake engineering.

Newland was a lifelong avid outdoorsman with a love of duck hunting with his friends as well as being a fanatic fly fisherman. He was known for his easy-going personality, his terrible dad jokes and his love of the Utah Jazz. Newland was preceded in death by his loving wife Janice, his twin sister Karen Russel aka Dolly and his younger brother David Malmquist. He is survived by his four children Lizbeth, Eric, Chris and Kent, his four grandchildren, Trevor, Ryan Weakly, Parker and Tiffany Malmquist. As well as his stepdaughters Lisa Rodriguez and Stephani Martin.

A funeral service will be held on Monday, December 9^th at 11 am at Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple, SLC UT. Friends and family may gather 1 hour prior at Larkin Mortuary. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery.