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BEARD 06.04. 1917 West Baden IN/USA 21.03. 2009 Austin TX/USA Leo Roy Beard graduated as a civil engineer in 1939 from Caltech. He worked in water resources development then with the Corps of Engineers until 1972, finally as Director of Hydrologic Engineering Center HEC, Davis CA. Beard was in parallel a professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, where he had directed the Center for Research in Water Resources from 1972 to 1980. He was from then associated with Espey-Huston & Associates, and the Editor of the journal Water International. Beard was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1975. He was made an Honorary Member of the American Water Resources Association in 1980. In 1981 he received the ASCE Julian Hinds Award ‘in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of water resources planning and management, for leadership and dedication to ASCE and other professional organisations’. In 1993, Beard presented the fourteenth Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Lecture. He received in 2007 the Ven Te Chow Award from ASCE. The Ven Te Chow Award sponsored by Chow (1918-1981), and established in 1995, recognizes individuals who in their career in hydrologic engineering made significant contributions through research, education or practice. Beard was decorated for his work in flood hydrograph computations, system techniques for reservoir regulation, statistical methods for streamflow frequency analysis, and the computer-based methods for hydrologic computations. Early in his career, Beard became involved in flood control projects in the Los Angeles and Sacramento areas. The performance of the reservoirs in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River basins was tested during the 1955 floods. He also advocated the use of computer programs, and was credited for the development of the HEC-1 and HEC-3 models. His books have seen widespread use. Anonymous (1965). Leo R. Beard. Civil Engineering 35(4): 50. P Anonymous (1981). Leo R. Beard. Civil Engineering 51(10): 84. P Anonymous (1993). Leo R. Beard. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 120(6): v. P Beard, L.R. (1962). Statistical methods in hydrology. US Army Engineer: Sacramento CA. Beard, L.R. (1976). Flood control by reservoirs. Hydrologic Engineering Methods: Davis CA. Beard, L.R., Maxwell, W.H.C., eds. (1982). Water resources management in industrial areas. Tycooly: Dublin. https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/misc/LeoRoyBeard/LeoRoyBeard.htm P

BEARDSLEY 11.09. 1860 Coventry NY/USA 15.05. 1944 Syracuse NY/USA James Wallace Beardsley graduated from New York State Normal School in 1884, obtaining the civil engineering degree in 1891 from Cornell University, Ithaca NY. He was from 1892 to 1898 assistant engineer with the Sanitary District, Chicago IL, in charge of constructions. The next two years were spent with the US Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways, in charge of the St. Lawrence River Surveys. Similar work then followed until 1902 with the US Army Corps of Engineers for surveys at the Fox River IL, and the improvements of Sand Beach Harbor MI. He was from 1902 consulting engineer to the Philippine Islands Commission after the Spanish-American War, taking over from 1903 to 1905 as chief of the Philippine Bureau of Engineers, Manila, and until 1908 as director of Public Works, Philippine Islands. From 1908 to 1909 Beardsley was consulting engineer for irrigation projects in Java, then the Dutch Indies, India and Egypt, continuing as chief engineer of the Irrigation Service of Puerto Rico until 1916. He had from 1916 to 1918 his private consulting office, and was a consultant in ordinance. Until 1919 he was assistant chief engineer of the Grand Canal surveys of China, taking over until 1921 as chief engineer and member of the Junta Central de Caminos, the Republic of Panama. Finally, Beardsley was engaged by the Public Works Department of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, from 1926 to 1929, then returning to his consulting office. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE, the Western Society of Engineers, and the Columbos Club of Manila. Anonymous (1940). Beardsley: Three generations. Cornell Alumni News 42(Jan.18): 203. P Anonymous (1945). James W. Beardsley. Trans. ASCE 110: 1647-1649. Beardsley, J.W. (1909). Preliminary report on irrigation in Java. Bureau of Public Works: Manila. Beardsley, J.W. (1910). The progress of public works in the Philippine Islands. Journal of Race Development 1(2): 169-186. Beardsley, J.W. (1935). Discussion of Water-power development of the St. Lawrence River. Trans. ASCE 100: 545-547. Beardsley, J.W. (1936). Discussion of Flood-stage records of the River Nile. Trans. ASCE 101: 1045-1048. Beardsley, J.W. (1940). Discussion of Yellow River problem. Trans. ASCE 105: 417-418.