Professor Emeritus Ray Clough (B.S.’42 CE) Receives UW COE Diamond Award

The University of Washington College of Engineering awarded Professor Emeritus Ray Clough the annual Diamond Award in the category of Distinguished Achievement in Academia. This award category honors outstanding alumni of the University of Washington College of Engineering who have distinguished themselves by their superior knowledge and significant contributions to the field of engineering education and research.

Professor Clough is renowned for his pioneering work in the field of earthquake engineering, and credited with the development and application of a mathematical method, finite element analysis, that has revolutionized numerical modeling of the physical world.

During his almost 40 years at Berkeley he taught, advised, and mentored numerous students, providing them with the inspiration and opportunities needed to make their own significant contributions.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. In 1994, President Clinton presented Clough with a National Medal of Science, and in 2006 he received the Franklin Medal in Civil Engineering. Last fall Professor Clough was recognized as a "Legend of Earthquake Engineering" at the World Conference of Earthquake Engineering in China.