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HAZEN R. 05.08. 1911 Dobbs Ferry NY/USA 12.02. 1990 Dobbs Ferry NY/USA Richard Hazen obtained in 1932 the AB degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, in 1934 the BS degree from the Columbia University, New York NY, and in 1937 the MS degree in civil engineering from Harvard University, Cambridge MA. He was then until 1942 assistant and associate engineer at a private engineering company, and from then until his retirement in 1981 a partner within the Hazen & Sawyer Co., New York. Hazen was a member of the National Academy of Engineers NAE from 1974, the American Institute of Consulting Engineers and its president in 1968, the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE, being its director from 1966 to 1969, and being awarded Honorary Membership in 1983, the American Water Works Association AWWA, from 1951 to 1956 being director and later also Honorary Member, among many other distinctions. Hazen was a well known consultant in planning and design of water supply and waste disposal of municipalities and the industry. He made important accomplishments in water resources development and utilization, and the preparation of master plans for regional water supply and sewerage systems. Examples of the works made by Hazen & Sawyer include the integrated master plan for Sao Paulo, Brazil, or water supply planning for New York, Baltimore, and Washington DC. He also was a member of the Research Council Committee reviewing the Corps of Engineers’ Metropolitan Washington Area water supply study. He stressed the need for effective utilization and protection of the nation’s water resources. He contributed papers to these topics in professional journals and engineering handbooks. Anonymous (1952). Richard Hazen joins Water Works School Faculty. Water Works Engineering 105(8): 750. P Anonymous (1983). Richard Hazen. Civil Engineering 53(10): 83-84. P Anonymous (1987). Hazen, Richard. Who’s who in America 44: 1231. Marquis: Chicago. Anonymous (1990). Richard Hazen. Journal American Water Works Association 82(7): 107. Hazen, R. (1951). Elements of filter design. Journal American Water Works Association 43(3): 208-218. Hudson, H.E., Hazen, R. (1964). Droughts and low streamflow. Handbook of applied hydrology 18: 1-26, V.T. Chow, ed. McGraw-Hill: New York. Okun, D.A. (1993). Richard Hazen. Memorial tributes 6: 57-60. National Academy of Engineering: Washington DC. P
HEDGER 17.12. 1898 Riverside CA/USA 29.12. 1991 Irvine CA/USA Harold Everett Hedger graduated in 1924 from the University of California, Berkeley CA, with a BSc degree in civil engineering. He had already been working before for the Flood Control District, so he continued his career there full time. He played a significant role in the successful activities of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, serving as chief engineer from 1938 to 1959. His nomination followed a period when the agency gained an adverse reputation because of wrong-doings by contractor representatives and politicians. Hedger’s honesty, determination, and professional attitude steered the agency through a period of professional growth, and in 1959 at his retirement, to the reputation of being a first-class organization. During his tenure as chief engineer, the national flood control works program of the US Army Corps of Engineers was being developed. Hedger made sure that the Los Angeles County’s needs were well accounted for. Over one quarter billion federal dollars was obtained for the construction of major flood control dams and channels. After World War II, it became evident that local drainage facilities were needed to gather and deliver run-off into the newly constructed flood control channels. Under Hedger’s leadership, a large storm drain bond issue was conceived and presented to the Los Angeles County voters, which was largely approved. This program was based on a close cooperative arrangement with each of the more than fifty cities then controlling land use planning within their own jurisdictions. The cities provided design services for the storm drains in many cases. Construction management for each drain was handled by the LACFCD. The program was so successful that its pattern was used for three additional storm drain bond issue proposals over the next 20 years, aggregating almost one billion of US dollars worth of design and construction activity. Hedger joined the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1927, served as vice-president of the Los Angeles Section in 1941, and as president in 1942. He was in 1972 designated the Honorary Membership. He was accorded colonel of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Anonymous (1992). Harold E. Hedger. Trans. ASCE 157: 505-506. Hedger, H.E. (1960). Lower San Joaquin River flood control project. Reclamation Board: CA. Hedger, H.E. (1962). Cyprus Water Development program. Agency for Intl. Dev.: Washington. Newton, C.T., Hedger, H.E. (1959). LA County flood control and water conservation. Los Angeles. https://74.54.153.80/CivilEngineeringLandmarksForum/history/ P
