Contents
Early Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
University of Toledo
4
Ohio State University
Camp Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7
Geological Survey
10
Weather Bureau
10
Marriage, October 1, 1938
14
Civil Servant, Weather Bureau, Pittsburgh
16
Weather Bureau, Washington, DC
19
Headquarters, United States Army Corps of Engineers, September 1942
Technical Representative, European Theater of Operations, 1944-1945
25
39
Review of High School
42
Tennessee Valley Authority
44
Publications
Civil Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 52
52
The Saint Lawrence Seaway
Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
55
Mississippi Basin Model
59
Headquarters, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Corps Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
63
The International Hydrological Decade
67
Civil Works Division
Old Timers in Civil Works
81
90
Water Resources Council
99
105
Regulating Reservoirs
110
Directors of Civil Works and Assistant Chiefs
121
Major Projects
123
Major Changes in the Corps of Engineers
128
BG William Whipple Jr.
130
Consulting Engineer
Lake Barcroft Dam
135
138
The Most Complicated Job: Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India
154
Major Contributions to Hydrology
Appendix
A:
Retirement
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