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Alumni News Induction into Distinguished Alumni Academies DEPARTMENTS INDUCT Distinguished Alumni into Academies Inducted into the Academy of Civil Engineers were (left to right): Byron Ruth, William Harman, Thomas Blair, James Schaub, James Brown, Emory Kemp, Jim Suttle, Robert Orders Sr., Leslie Gates, William Ritchie Jr., Larry Luttrell, and Maurice Wadsworth. Every year, the College’s academies recognize outstanding graduates and others who have had distinguished careers. The following academies inducted new members at gatherings this spring. ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS In its second year, the Academy of Civil Engineers inducted eleven members and recognized two who were inducted the previous year but unable to attend. The inductees included: THOMAS J. BLAIR earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1955. After service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he obtained his master’s degree from VPI. He was a commissioned officer of the Construction Grants Section of the U.S. Public Health Service, a project engineer with Kelley, Gidley and Staub, and president of Kelley, Gidley, Blair and Wolfe. He won many awards and served as chair of the WVU College of Engineering Visiting Committee. JAMES E. BROWN, BSCE ’62 AND MSCE ’64, spent 42 years in the construction industry, including work on interstate highway tunnels, highways and bridges, and as a field engineer at the Harrison Power Station. He joined G.A. Brown and Sons in Fairmont, West Virginia, and directed its operations for 15 years before purchasing the company in 1991. He is a director and past president of the Construction Employers Association of North Central West Virginia and the Contractors Association of West Virginia. LESLIE C. GATES graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1940, and joined the Ferguson-Gates Mining Engineering Company. He transformed the company into a consulting firm involved in various engineering disciplines, including mining, civil, environmental, and architectural. He served on the advisory board to the president of WVU from 1970-77, and on the College of Engineering Board of Visitors. His firm, together with an architectural firm, designed Mountaineer Stadium. WILLIAM J. HARMAN, BSCE ’61, MSCE ’63, co-founded Harman Construction, a leading highway contracting firm in North Central West Virginia, in 1965. In 1978, he co-founded Greenbrier Aggregates. He led Harman Construction as president from 1981 until the sale of the company in 1998. Harman was an adjunct professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and served on the department’s advisory board. EMORY L. KEMP has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the coveted election as an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Kemp is the founder and director of the Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology at WVU. He was also chair and professor of civil engineering at the College of Engineering, and a professor of history in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. 24 Fall 2006
WVU ENGINEERING AND MINERAL RESOURCES Volume 2 Issue 2 LARRY D. LUTTRELL is a professor emeritus of civil engineering at WVU. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky. In 1965, as a new PhD graduate from Cornell University, he came to WVU. During his 33 years of teaching at WVU, Luttrell received several outstanding teaching awards. He continues to engineer and teach at the Steel Deck Institute, where he is involved in testing and design solutions for structural noise problems associated with large clear-span buildings. WILLIAM S. RITCHIE JR., BSCE ’51, began his engineering career with Boso & Ritchie of Ravenswood, West Virginia. In 1968, he became commissioner of highways for the State of West Virginia, where he was responsible for the planning, design, and construction of interstate highways, service roads, and bridges. In 1977, Ritchie became the vice president of operations for Hobet Mining. He became the president in 1978 and senior vice president of operations for Ashland Coal in 1979. BRYON E. RUTH, PHD ’67, earned his PhD from WVU after receiving a master’s degree from Purdue University. He then became an assistant professor of civil engineering at WVU. In 1970 he joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Florida and retired from there in 2000. He served on several technical committees of the Transportation Research Board, American Society for Testing and Materials, and American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. JAMES H. SCHAUB completed his education in civil engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), Harvard, and Purdue. He began an academic career at VPI and, in 1960, was named professor and chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering at WVU, where he later Chemical Engineering Academy Inductees and their wives at the group’s banquet in April: (left to right) Nada Smith, Richard Smith, Jim Laughlin, Eleanor Laughlin. became associate dean of engineering. In 1969, he became professor and chairman of civil engineering at the University of Florida, where he retired as a distinguished service professor in 1992. JAMES H. SUTTLE is a former vice chairman of the Board of Directors for the Omaha-based engineering and design firm HDR, an architectural and engineering firm with 4,000 employees in 115 offices throughout the U.S. At HDR, he served as executive vice president and director of corporate development, and his career greatly expanded the firm’s national presence in all modes of transportation, including bridges, highways, railways, traffic engineering, airports, and ports. MAURICE A. WADSWORTH, BSCE ’51, was employed by Gannett Fleming in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for his entire professional career. He served as chief computer engineer for the Transportation Division, chief of the Harrisburg Highway Section, director of the Transportation Division, senior vice president for administration, and chairman of the board responsible for all activities of the firm. INDUCTED LAST YEAR BUT UNABLE TO ATTEND WERE: ROBERT ORDERS SR., BSCE ’51, formed Orders Construction Company in 1965. As president and general manager, he grew the business to become one of the largest and most respected highway bridge and utility construction companies in West Virginia. He is a member of several professional organizations and is a past president of the West Virginia Contractors Association. WILLIAM C. TURMAN, BSCE ’50, founded Turman Construction Company with his brothers in 1957, and was president, chief engineer, and owner of the company since 1972. Over his 50-year career, Turman built more than 200 bridges in West Virginia. He served on the WVU Civil Engineering Advisory Committee for a number of years. William Turman was unable to attend the banquet due to illness, and passed away soon after. See In Memoriam. 25
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