STANLEY C.M.

STANLEY C.M. 16.06. 1904 Corning IA/USA 20.09. 1984 Muscatine IA/USA Claude Maxwell Stanley, Jr., obtained the BS degree from the State University of Iowa, Iowa City IA, in 1926, and the MS degree in hydraulic engineering there in 1930. He was from 1928 to 1932 hydraulic engineer at Dubuque IA, and Chicago IL, on hydroelectric and water works projects, until 1939 then consulting engineer for power plants, water works, electric systems and sewer projects, from when he was a partner in the Stanley Engineering Company, Iowa City IA, dealing with general engineering. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE and was the recipient of its 1933 Alfred Noble Prize, and its 1935 Collingwood Prize. The University of Iowa’s UI hydraulic laboratory, a fixture on the Iowa River since 1932, was renamed C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory in 2003. This renaming was a tribute to Stanley’s wide-ranging contributions to UI during his lifetime and to the structure, a building he drafted in the late 1920s, following his graduation in 1926. The renaming also recognizes nearly 1 million US$ in commitments from Stanley’s family to the Laboratory Renovation, which was completed in 2002. In the 1930s Stanley became co-owner of a two-man consulting firm in Muscatine IA, where he directed the firm into Stanley Consultants Inc., a nationally ranked multidisciplinary company. He later founded HON Industries, which he led to become a top manufacturer and marketer of office furniture and hearth products. In the 1950s he and his wife created the Stanley Foundation, a private foundation that promotes a secure peace with freedom and justice, through dialogue and education. He was inducted into the college’s Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy as a charter member, and extensively supported the university’s educational mission through substantial contributions, service on volunteer boards, and the posthumous donation of a major African art collection. Anonymous (1934). C. Maxwell Stanley. Civil Engineering 4(1): 51. P Anonymous (1941). Stanley, C.M. Who’s who in engineering 5: 1689. Lewis: New York. Hudson, D. (2008). The biographical dictionary of Iowa: 485-486. University Press: Iowa. Stanley, C.M. (1933). Discussion of Application of duration curves to hydro-electric studies. Trans. ASCE 98: 1300-1303. Stanley, C.M. (1934). Study of stilling-basin design. Trans. ASCE 99: 490-523. Stanley, C.M. (1934). Discussion of Improved type of flow meter for hydraulic turbines. Trans. ASCE 99: 867-872.