Ten Alumni Celebrated at Academy Gala

Featured Faculty: Carl L. Monismith, Samer M. Madanat

On Oct. 10, the CEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni inducted the 10 members of its 2013 class. Established in 2012, the Academy honors the professional achievements and the commitment to service of CEE alumni. 

Brenda Myers Bohlke, G. Wayne Clough, J. Michael Duncan, Gregory L. Fenves, Ashraf Habibullah, Jefferson Hilliard, John H. Koon, and George Tchobanoglous, along with In Memoriam inductees Julia Morgan and Ben C. Gerwick, Jr. were celebrated during a banquet ceremony at the Berkeley Faculty Club. (See event program.)

Rudy Bonaparte, Academy Board Chair, reviewed the accomplishments of inductees as they came up to receive their citation from Chair Madanat.

 

    

L-R: Rudy Bonaparte; Samer Madanat with Brenda Myers Bohlke and with Gregory Fenves.

 

    

L-R: Nick Sitar accepts the citation on behalf of Wayne Clough; Michael Duncan citation (in absentia); Ashraf Habibullah with Samer Madanat.

 

    

L-R: Jefferson Hilliard, John Koon, and George Tchobanoglous accept their citations.

 

In Memoriam honoree Ben C. Gerwick, Jr. was honored with remembranes on his long and varied career by Professor Emeritus Carl Monismith and Robert Bittner, President of the Deep Foundations Institute.

Historian and author Dr. Karen McNeill reflected on the unique career of Julia Morgan, the first woman architect licensed in California. Morgan's great-grandniece, Lauren Woodland, accepted the award.

 

    
L-R: Carl Monimith; Robert Bittner; Karen McNeill; Lauren Woodland with Samer Madanat

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