2008 Distinguished Members
Joseph A. "Bud" Ahearn, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAC, MAJ GEN(R)
Joseph A. “Bud” Ahearn, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAC, MAJ GEN(R) has achieved eminence for his demonstrated leadership in the design and construction industry, his bold advocacy of innovation as a means to improve industry productivity, performance, and quality, and his dedicated service to our nation.
George W. Black, Jr., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE
George W. Black, Jr., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE has achieved eminence for his expertise and leadership in transportation engineering and highway safety and for his service as the first practicing highway engineer to be appointed and confirmed as a member of the National Transportation and Safety Board.
Izzat M. Idriss, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE
Izzat M. Idriss, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE has achieved eminence for his major contributions to the understanding of soil behavior during earthquakes and for the development of analysis procedures that are widely used in geotechnical earthquake engineering practice.
Raymond E. Levitt, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE
Raymond E. Levitt, Ph,D., Dist.M.ASCE has achieved eminence in construction engineering and management research and for developing new theory, methods, and tools to design optimal work processes and organizational configurations for highly concurrent (“fast-track” facility and product development teams.
Jon D. Magnusson, P.E., S.E., Dist.M.ASCE
Jon D. Magnusson, P.E., S.E., Dist.M.ASCE has achieved eminence for his significant contributions to structural engineering through innovative and creative design of signature buildings and for his passion in educating the leaders of tomorrow through his high school mentoring work.
James D. "Don" Murff, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE
James D. “Don” Murff, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE has achieved eminence for his contributions to offshore geotechnical engineering, including the physical modeling of design problems using enhanced centrifuge testing, upper-bound plasticity methods, and reliability techniques for offshore foundations, which have made him one of the preeminent offshore geotechnical engineers in the world.
Craig N. Musselman, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE
Craig N. Musselman, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE has achieved eminence for over three decades of service to the civil engineering profession, specifically his leadership in the area of licensure, which hopefully will result in a change to the educational requirements that will be necessary to become a professional engineer in the future.
Henry Petroski, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE
Henry Petroski, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE has achieved eminence for significantly advancing the practice of civil engineering and education as a renowned educator, author, researcher, and lecturer and for his considerable published works that have increased the public's understanding of the role of the engineer, making Petroski America's poet laureate of technology.
Cranston R. "Chan" Rogers, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, COL (R)
Cranston R. “Chan” Rogers, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, COL (R) has achieved eminence for his distinguished career of design in some of the most challenging transportation projects in our time, several unique engineering features, coupled with outstanding management of U.S. Army Engineer Reserve units and notable contributions to ASCE.
Jerry R. Rogers, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE
Jerry R. Rogers, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE has achieved eminence for his distinguished service leading to increased appreciation of the engineering profession, in particular his leadership in the history and heritage of environmental and water resources.
C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE
C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE has achieved eminence for his exemplary career as a civil engineering educator and researcher and for his extraordinary professional and technical leadership in transportation systems, planning, engineering, financing, operations, and policy analysis.
