Q ..
Well, there are very few people like Joe Tofani around.
A ..
I mean he'd walk into a room, and Joe is the center of attraction no matter where you go.
Q ..
Or he'll make himself the center of attraction.
A ..
Well, Lloyd wasn't like that. He was kind of quiet, and he could be in a room and nobody
would even notice him. But Wendell Johnson was in a room or Joe or somebody like that,
by God, you knew they were there. If you didn't, why there was something wrong with
you.
Q.
I think we're about at the end of my questions. Is there anything else that you'd like to
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discuss that we haven't touched on? We've touched on pretty many things.
A ..
Well, I can't think of anything really off hand. Somehow that theme of keeping H&H
healthy and independent as much as possible is something I'd like to see continued forever,
as long as they have a need for it. In our lifetime, why there's going to be a need for
hydrology and hydraulics for sure. And forever.
Q ..
Oh yes, I wouldn't doubt that--as long as we have water and rain.
A
As long as you're trying to do anything with the water. But I have been happy with my
choice of a profession. When I first started to work out of college, I had a choice of
working in different areas. I decided that hydrology had the most to offer in terms of
interesting work and everything wasn't cut and dried, you had room for vision, new ideas,
and concepts.
Whereas, some of the other areas of engineering are more tied down, and it's more of a
textbook type approach. The standards are already there, and they use certain size
loadings and certain size, how much strength. Whereas in different types of materials,
you didn't have to try to come up with your own concepts or anything like that, it had
already been done for you as long as you knew what the rules were.
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