them were, although sometimes somebody will ask you if you would write a
discussion. I don't remember the motive behind them all, but I imagine in most of
them I had something I wanted to say, in addition to discussing the paper.
Q ..
Well, your record of publication, less than 10 years after you graduated, is quite
large. I mean I'm sure compared to most of your colleagues, you far exceeded them
in the output of your work.
A ..
The output, yes.
Q ..
That's not something I would expect to be normal for a lot of young engineers who
were just working their way into the profession.
A ..
I don't know why. It might be because W .G. Hoyt, you know, encouraged me to
do that sort of thing. Well, I guess it was selfish, too. I guess when a person writes
a paper, he wants to get a little credit for it.
Q ..
It's a good reason. You want to get your ideas out.
A ..
Certainly, it's one way to advance your career. Of course, in the university teaching
profession, you have to do that. What do they say, "Publish or die?"
Q ..
"Publish or perish. In some cases we used to call it, "Publish and perish. I notice
a number of your articles appear in the Transactions of the American Geophysical
Union.
A
I think maybe you could get through quicker and smoother than ASCE. You would
get your paper approved and then present it at the annual meeting and it would be
published. Also, the AGU was deeper into hydrology than the ASCE. I also
participated on a number of committees for both the ASCE and AGU. I still belong
to the organizations, although most of them I'm some sort of honorary member so
I don't have to pay dues or anything anymore. But I see these instructions on what
you have to do to submit a manuscript. I suppose it's easy for someone that's up on
all of the modern methods of reproduction and whatnot, but they sound awful
confusing to me.
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