Earl Korynta, a former president of the Alaska Section who helped launch USKH, a former top 500 architecture-engineering-surveying firm now part of Stantec, has died at 74.
Korynta, P.E., M.ASCE, began his career as a bridge and highway engineer in Los Angeles, but moved to Alaska in 1965 after the North Dakota native decided he was more comfortable in a smaller, less-crowded city and state....
George P. Kelley, who co-founded Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Inc. in 1970 and helped the Parsippany, NJ-based firm grow into a 1,000-employee giant, has died at 75.
Over 48 years with Langan, Kelley, P.E., F.ASCE, served as a managing principal and as chairman of the board from 2005 through 2015.
Kelley was known as talented and pragmatic, optimistic and curious, with an obstacle-defying “why not?”...
ASCE 7 Wind Loads Subcommittee emeritus member Gilliam “Gill” Harris, a wind load standards pioneer who specialized in establishing such codes for metal buildings, has died at 90.
Harris, P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, helped write the first wind load standard in the late 1950s. His wind tunnel research on low-rise buildings at the University of Western Ontario in the 1970s is still the cornerstone for wind...
Distinguished Member Joseph A. “Bud” Ahearn, who oversaw major civil engineering projects across a 34-year career in the U.S. Air Force and a 20-year tenure with CH2M HILL, and was a founding sponsor of Engineers Without Borders USA, has died at 81.
In 2010, ASCE recognized Ahearn, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAC, for his leadership with an Outstanding Projects And Leaders award in government. He was a...
Gary A. Parks, honored for his roles as a past ASCE Oregon Section president and for his 41 years of work for the Bonneville Power Administration, has died at 73.
A Life Member, Parks, P.E., F.ASCE, joined the Society in 1966, the year he began working for the federal administration that oversees distribution of electricity generated by the Bonneville Dam. He retired as its Redmond...
Anthony R. Kane, a noted transportation safety advocate in leadership roles with the Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, has died at 72.
Kane, Ph.D., M.ASCE, was the executive director of FHWA from 1994 to 2001, having risen through the ranks since his start there in 1968. While associate administrator for engineering and program development, he was selected...
Marlin L. Sheridan, Ph.D., of Coldspring, Texas, a Life Member who designed the foundation for the first supersonic wind tunnel and chaired the civil engineer department at Bucknell University, has died at 96.
Born in Johnstown, PA, Sheridan received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Bucknell. He later earned his civil engineering doctorate at the University of Michigan and returned to teach at Bucknell,...
Distinguished Member David P. Billington, who inspired generations of engineers by championing artistic expression under the practical constraints of engineering, has died at 90.
An emeritus professor of engineering at Princeton University, Billington, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, merged a historian’s breadth of knowledge with an engineer’s disciplined focus. His 10 books and scores of journal articles explored the works of builders and innovators with a particular...
Former Texas Section president H. Douglas Steadman, the engineer behind many of San Antonio’s modern landmarks including the Alamodome, has died at 91.
Over the course of a 50-year career, Steadman, P.E., L.S., F.ASCE, oversaw the structural and civil engineering of the Lila Cockrell Theater for the Performing Arts, development of the San Antonio International Airport, the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, and restoration of the...
Stephen A. Mahin, professor emeritus of structural engineering at the University of California, Berkeley whose earthquake engineering expertise was recognized worldwide, has died at 71.
Mahin, Ph.D., M.ASCE, was the founding director of the Computational Modeling and Simulation Center of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, launched in 2016 and funded by the National Science Foundation. Under his guidance, the SimCenter’s researchers advance simulation methods...
