SCHLEY

SCHLEY 23.02. 1880 Savannah GA/USA 29.03. 1965 Washington DC/USA Julian Larcombe Schley graduated in 1903 from the US Military Academy, West Point NY, then being on duty with engineering troops on the Philippine Islands. He returned in 1904 to the USA, and from 1905 to 1909 stayed in Cuba. He was then until 1912 instructor at his Alma Mater, and executive officer at Washington DC until 1916. He was in charge of the US Engineering District at New Orleans LA, for the improvement of rivers and harbours, including the Mississippi River mouths. After his war service until 1921 he returned to the US Engineer District at Nashville TN, where he improved and maintained Cumberland River, and Tennessee River downstream of Wilson Dam. From 1924 to 1928 he was in charge of the US Engineer District at Galveston TX, with works similar as previously along the Texas Gulf coast. He also served as board member to study and recommend spillways below the Red River to relieve floods on the Mississippi River. Until 1932 Schley was engineer on the Panama Canal, and until 1936 then Governor of Panama Canal. Upon return to the USA he was until 1941 major general, Chief of US Army Engineers. He partly continued work after 1941 on duty with the Office of InterAmerican Affairs. In choosing Schley as Chief of Engineers, President Roosevelt selected an officer who was familiar with the flood control problem on the Mississippi River, and with similar regions in the USA. He was for instance continuously on the Mississippi during the disastrous 1927 flood, having had the opportunity to observe that catastrophe at first hand. The 1938 paper describes that the large floods on Mississippi River along the lower river reach were successfully controlled and have demonstrated the advantage of cutoffs. The execution of the Houston Ship Canal was also under the personal direction of Schley, and he had built the first jetties at Port Isabel TX. He was member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE, among other societies. Anonymous (1937). Schley is appointed Chief of Engineers. Engineering News-Record 119(Sep.23): 409. P Anonymous (1941). Retiring Chief of Engineers. Engineering News-Record 127(Oct.2): 465. P Anonymous (1948). Schley, Julian L. Who’s who in engineering 6: 1744. Lewis: New York. Schley, J.L. (1938). Mississippi control works tested by flood. Engineering News-Record 120(Apr.14): 533-537. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Larcombe_Schley P

SCHMIDT, Jr., L.A. 16.11. 1900 Wauwautosa WI/USA 17.07. 1978 Chattanooga TN/USA Lewis Adelbert Schmidt, Jr., obtained in 1923 the BSc degree from University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, and the MS degree from the University of Texas, Austin TX, in 1933. Between 1923 and 1936 he had acquired a broad experience in engineering. In 1936 he came to the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA at Knoxville TN, to work on the design of construction plants for Chickamauga, Guntersville, and Pickwick Dams. He received the civil engineering degree from University of Wisconsin in 1939, and from 1941 he became acting project engineer of the Hales Bar Dam below Chattanooga TN. In 1944 he formed the Schmidt Engineering Company, doing a wide variety of engineering work, including dams, water supply and wastewater disposal or highway plans. In 1963 he joined forces with a colleague, who did similar engineering work, forming therefore Hensley-Schmidt Consultants, doing planning, the design, and the management of projects. In the late 1970s they had offices at Atlanta GA, Charlotte NC, Jackson MS, Montgomery AL, Orlando FL, and Knoxville TN, in addition to Chattanooga. Schmidt joined in 1930 the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE, becoming in 1942 member, and in 1959 ASCE Fellow. He was secretary-treasurer of its Tennessee Valley Section, and president of both its Chattanooga and Tennessee Valley Sections. He was active on ASCE committees. He was in addition a member of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses PIANC, the Society of American Military Engineers SAME, the American Water Works Association AWWA, the Water Pollution Control Federation WPCF, and the American Public Works Association APWA. He was awarded the 1946 ASCE James Laurie Prize for his 1943 paper. He authored a number of technical papers focusing on reservoirs and dams. He also authored the autobiography published in 1977. Anonymous (1947). L.A. Schmidt, Jr.: James Laurie Prize. Civil Engineering 17(1): 41. P Anonymous (1980). Lewis A. Schmidt. Trans. ASCE 145: 760-761. Schmidt, L.A. (1939). Norris Dam construction. CE Thesis. University of Wisconsin: Madison. Schmidt, L.A. (1943). Flowing water in underground channels: Hales Bar Dam. Proc. ASCE 69: 1417-1446. Schmidt, L.A. (1977). The engine ear: 50 years in engineering. University of Wisconsin: Madison. https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UWidx?type=div&did=UW.WIEv51no5.RZirbel&isize=M P