Water Resources: Hydraulics and Hydrology
Yes. L.T. Evans. He was the structural man, Chief of the Structural Branch.
Right.
A:
Sometime he was kind of hard to get along with. He knew structural engineering all right,
but frequently had difficulty in accepting my hydraulic engineering viewpoint.
There are some military folks who were there after Wyman, who may have been there
when you were there. Herb Milwit?
A:
I don't remember him.
How about George Withers?
Yes. His name is vaguely familiar. I don't remember.
Is there anyone else you can remember from those years that left any impression?
A:
Oh, that's a long time ago.
Oh, I realize that.
A:
I remember the ones that I was closest to.
Well, I realize that. Sometimes I like to give you a few names to see if they strike a bell.
Frank
A:
Oh, yes. Jimmy Jobes and Harry Thompson, and all those. Frank
was structural
dam designer.
Q ..
How do you rate those folks that you knew against today's engineers? I realize that's not
a fair question, given the difficulty of doing that kind of thing.
A:
I'd rate them as very capable engineers, even though they lacked many of our modern
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