firm like that to be interested in hydrology. It was unusual at that time because
almost all of the activity was university or government.
Q ..
When the war in Europe ended, we talked about.
..
A
Let me say, and I don't know whether you have that or not, but Al Cochran gets a
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lot of credit for that Hydrologic Engineering Center. He's the one that Roy Beard
worked for when he came into our office for awhile from one of the field offices.
Roy might have spurred him on, but Al Cochran is the one that planned, a n d set up,
and got approval from the Chief's Office to set up that Hydrologic Engineering
Center.
Civil Works
Now, after the war, after your time in the Rhine Flood Prediction Service, you came
Q
back to the Corps of Engineers again, and you returned to work for Hathaway in
Civil Works.
A
You probably know, Hathaway got the Legion of Merit for his work on the Rhine
River project. He became a special assistant to the Chief, and Al Cochran then
became head of the branch. I actually was under Al Cochran then, although I was
Hathaway's suitcase carrier from then on. I don't know whether you want to get
into that now, but.
The Saint L a w r e n c e Seaway
Q ..
That would be fine, sure.
A
The St. Lawrence Seaway was being constructed, and Hathaway was a Corps'
representative on the Lake Ontario Board of Engineers. They always have a
working committee, so I was on the working committee. Then after the studies were
completed for the operation, the Board and working committee were working
primarily on operating studies for the project, he became a member of the St.
Lawrence River Board of Control. Each week, the Board approved the operating
plan for the dam controlling the outflow from Lake Ontario. It was mostly routine.
But there again, I was on the working committee. Then when Hathaway retired and
went to the World Bank, I became a member of the Board of Control. You'll find
a picture in there when I resigned.
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