Water Resources: Hydraulics and Hydrology
Were they mainly working on irrigation?
A:
That could be, yes. They did quite a bit of work on development of irrigation techniques.
I didn't get into that, at all.
I've got some other names here I'm going to ask you about, and see if you can remember
any of them.
All right.
Q ..
Did you do anything with Mr. John L. Savage?
A:
Yes. He was the Chief Engineer or Commissioner when I first went to the Bureau. I
remember that he wasn't in Denver much of the time because he was already working as
a consultant for the Chinese on their big projects. He consulted on a very large Chinese
dam, one of the largest in the world. I've forgotten its name. I don't think it's
constructed yet. Savage was the first American consultant on it.
About ten years ago, a team of Bureau and Corps engineers went to China to advise on the
dam's design. After nearly a year, they produced a report. Now, Lloyd Duscha, who
retired from the Corps of Engineers as Chief of the Engineering Division in the Chief's
office about four years ago, goes to China as a consultant on their dam projects.
I want to ask you about some other people who were working
there in Denver or at
Fort Collins about the same time you were there. John Drisko?
Yes, he was there. He worked in the Bureau's hydraulics laboratory the first year I was
A:
there, and then he went to New York to work for Tibbetts, Abbott, McCarthy,
consulting engineers. I did a lot of consulting with Tibbetts, Abbott, McCarthy, and
Drisko was there for awhile. He retired about years ago. I don't know anything about
what he's doing now.
Q ..
How about Frank Campbell?
A:
Frank Campbell. Yes. Did Frank work at the Bureau?
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