Georgia Institute of Technology
Senior Geotechnical Consultant, Senior Vice President, Law Companies Group, Inc.
Regents Professor of Civil Engineering Emeritus
Georgia Institute of Technology
790 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30332 - 0355 USA
Education:
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, Harvard University, 1947
- Graduate Study in Hydraulics and Soil Mechanics, University of Tennessee, 1943
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, 1942
Honors:
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Honorary Member, ASCE
- G. Brooks Earnest Award, NE Ohio, ASCE
- Middlebrooks Award, ASCE
- William E. Wickenden Prize - Case Institute of Technology
- Clement Herschel Prize - Boston Society of Civil Engineers
- Teacher of the Year - Georgia Institute of Technology
- Engineer of the Year - Georgia Society of Professional Engineers
- Centennial Scholar Lecture - Case Institute of Technology
- Martin S. Kapp Lecture, ASCE
- Terzaghi Lecture, ASCE
- M.S. Kirsten Lecture, ASCE
- Vice President, N. America, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Research Interests:
- Pavement and Soil Stresses
- Geo Fabrics
- Foundations in Karst
- Saprolites and Residual Soils
- Foundations on Waste Fills
- Foundation Failures
Registrations:
Registered Civil Engineer in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Prof. Geologist: Georgia
Professional Experience:
- Senior Geotechnical Engineering Consultant, Law Companies Group, Inc.(1947 - 1996): Vice President (1955), Senior Vice President (1967), Chairman of the Board (1971), Senior Vice President (1975)
- Consultant on Soil Mechanics Education, U.S. AID, New Delhi, India (1964 - 2 Mos.)
- Water Resources Development Center of Southeast Asia, University of Roorkee, India; Consultant on Earth Dams and Foundations. (1959 - 4 Mos.)
- Military Service - U.S. Navy, Instructor in Electronic Servicing (1944-1946)
- Assistant Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. TVA (1942-1944)
- Part-time Engineering Aide with G.B. Sowers, Consulting Engineeing, Cleveland, Ohio (1939-1942)
Teaching and Research Experience:
Georgia Institute of Technology. (1947 - 1996)
- Since 1953, Professor of Civil Engineering, in charge of instruction of geotechnical engineering and soil and rock mechanics laboratory.
- Since 1965, Regents Professor of Civil Engineering. Developed programs in geotechnical engineering, remote sensing, port harbor and shore engineering and dam design.
- Since 1987, Regents Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering.
Professional Memberships:
- American Society of Civil Engineers, Honorary and Life Member: Chairman, Executive Committee, Geotechnical Engineering Division, 1974-75; President, Georgia Section, 1966
- International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering: Member, Executive Committee, 1974-1975; Vice President for North America, Mexico & Canada, 1977-80
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- Associate Highway Research Board
- National Society for Professional Engineers
- American Society for Testing and Materials: Member, Soils Committee
- U.S. National Society of Soil Mechanics
- Geological Academy of Science
- U.S. Committee on Large Dams
- Seismological Society of America
- U.S. Council on Rock Mechanics
- Association of Engineering Geologists