Dale Nelson, an extremely dedicated ASCE member from Anchorage, AK, who rose to serve as Region 8 Director from 2015 to 2018, has died. He was 74.
A Life Member, Nelson, P.E., F.ASCE, served ASCE in a number of different roles over a half-century.
From his terms as Anchorage Branch president in 1975, to Alaska Section president in 1978, to Region 8 Governor (2007-10) , to...
Peter Nikolay Soin, a longtime California Department of Transportation engineer whose projects included studying the collapsed segment of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, has died at 62.
Soin, P.E., M.ASCE, worked for Caltrans since 1983. With a reputation for always going beyond what was expected, he was promoted several times over the years.
His post-analysis of the Bay Bridge led...
Ricardo Jacquez, dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management at California State University, Chico, who encouraged diversity in the profession, has died at 70.
Jacquez, M.ASCE, earned his degree in civil engineering from New Mexico State University and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. After beginning his teaching career at the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1976, Jacquez returned to NMSU as a...
Russell G. Ludwig, a California sanitary engineer whose skills were in demand around the world from World War II into the 2000s, has died at 99.
Ludwig, P.E., F.ASCE, joined the Society in 1941. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and began his career with the U.S. Public Health Service during World War II. Ludwig...
J.A. “Jay” Padgett, a well-respected, devoted ASCE member since 1972 who helped steer changes to the Society’s governance as a member of the Executive Committee’s Governing Documents Committee, has died at 72.
Padgett, P.E., F.ASCE, represented the former District 5 on ASCE's Board of Direction from 1998 to 2000. He was extremely active in the National Capital Section, serving as president in 1986-87.
Padgett took great pride...
Ferdinand C. “Fritz” Provini, a native of Baltimore who oversaw many major postwar transportation projects in the Baltimore-Washington region, has died at 91.
Provini, P.E., L.S., M.ASCE, began his career in 1949 with Rummel, Klepper and Kahl of Baltimore. He became a member of ASCE in 1958. He joined Greenhorne & O’Mara Inc., of Greenbelt, in 1971, where he rose to vice president and served...
Harald D. Frederiksen, who oversaw many significant water resources projects around the world over a lengthy career, and shared his expertise as an author of several papers for ASCE water and environmental journals, has died at 87.
Frederiksen, P.E., D.WRE (Ret.), F.ASCE, joined ASCE in 1956 and became a Life Member in 1996. Among the ASCE journals to publish his papers were the Journal of...
Robert B. Rhode, ASCE’s oldest active member, has died at 104 in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota.
Rhode, P.E., L.S., F.ASCE, leaves a legacy of civil engineering accomplishments both in Duluth and with ASCE. He served as the Duluth Section president in 1953-54 and on ASCE’s Board of Direction as the District 7 director in 1980-82. Age didn’t keep him from remaining active with ASCE,...
Distinguished Member Thomas S. Maddock, a past commander of the U.S. Navy Reserve’s Seabees who also led a California water engineering firm, has died at 89.
After receiving his civil engineering degrees at Virginia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maddock, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, decided to enroll in Navy officer candidate school, and was commissioned an ensign with the Navy Civil Engineering Corps. His...
Otto Maatsch, a New York civil engineer active with ASCE’s Metropolitan Section for many years, has died at 90.
Maatsch, P.E., F.ASCE, was a former purchasing manager for Westvaco Corporation, the materials and packaging company now named MeadWestvaco.
Born in Nebenstedt, Germany, Maatsch grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Joining the U.S. Army, he served in the Korean War and with the Army Corps of Engineers...
