John Sansalone, president of the ASCE Mid-Hudson Branch in 2017-18, and a New York state environmental engineer with a passion for water safety and quality, has died at 67.
Over a 37-year career with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, Sansalone, P.E., M.ASCE, oversaw permit drafting and the inspection and compliance of water resource recovery utilities. He was known as a consummate sanitary engineer who...
Charles Virgil “Tom” Gibbs, of Seattle, a clean water advocate whose passion for protecting the environment through engineering dated to the early 1950s, notably overseeing many water and wastewater projects for CH2M Hill, has died at 87.
Milwaukee and Seattle were the main beneficiaries of his dedicated work in environmental sustainability. Gibbs received a commendation from President Nixon for exceptional service to environmental protection in 1971.
Gibbs,...
Srinivasa "Hal" Iyengar, a structural engineer who helped design landmarks from Chicago to London, and worked with architect Frank Gehry on the renowned Bilbao Guggenheim in Spain, has died. He was 85.
Iyengar, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, was part of the dynamic Chicago architectural and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he made significant contributions to stadiums and landmark structures including Sears (now Willis) Tower,...
Marvin M. Specter, P.E., L.S., Hon.M.ASCE, whose many, varied contributions to forensic engineering enhanced the conduct of technical expert witnesses throughout the U.S. federal court system, has died. He was 91.
As a writer, lecturer and mentor, Specter led in organizing, teaching and encouraging professional engineers to conduct themselves competently and ethically in the legal system for more than 30 years. Until Specter founded the...
Raymond Dow “RD” Odell, a design engineer, past president of the ASCE North Carolina Section and current Region 4 governor, has died. He was 61.
As the Society's at-large Region 4 governor, Odell, P.E., M.ASCE, was serving a term that began in 2017. He was senior design engineer with the engineering, management and development firm Louis Berger in its Raleigh, North Carolina, office.
Odell had more...
Richard N. “Dick” Wright III, a structural engineering researcher who was highly respected within ASCE and throughout civil engineering for encouraging adoption of sustainability, has died at 87.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Wright, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Syracuse University. By the time he earned his doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,...
ASCE Dallas Branch President Anthony Luce, M.ASCE, known for his tremendous spirit, leadership and humor, has died at 35, following an extended battle with cancer.
Luce was a project manager in transportation systems for BGE Inc., where he had worked since 2006, first in the company’s Houston office and most recently in Frisco, Texas.
“He was a great friend, engineer and family man,” said Sean Merrell,...
Anthony Armenàkas, a professor emeritus of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and of the National Technical University of Athens whose research advanced structural and aerospace engineering, has died. He was 94.
He acted as a consultant to many private companies and governmental agencies in the United States and Europe. He published many technical papers in engineering journals, and held several patents on guided...
Charles “Chuck” Seim, an influential California bridge engineer whose career across five decades spanned the post-World War II growth era, has died. He was 93.
Seim not only admired the engineering, structure, and aesthetics of bridges, he also appreciated how bridges serve society.
He was a specialist in long-span bridges, the kind California is known for. After the state built its ninth toll bridge, he became...
Richard “Rich” H. Nettleton, P.E., M.ASCE, a design and construction manager for the Virginia Beach Department of Public Utilities who oversaw expansion and maintenance of the city’s underground water and sewer network, died May 31. He was 65.
Nettleton joined ASCE in 1988 and remained an active member of the Virginia Section’s Norfolk Branch. He also belonged to ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute. He...
