Water Resources: Hydraulics and Hydrology
Well, then, the streambank erosion program actually went out and built prototypes?
Yes. That could be done more readily in streambank erosion than in tidal hydraulics.
Was that just a matter of the size of what you were dealing with?
A:
Yes. Size and simplicity. A good hard rain was all that was needed for producing channel
stabilization prototype data. In tidal hydraulics, there may be a lot of flood flow but not
much tide to cause wave action, so the prototype data isn't very useful.
Retirement
Then I retired on January 12, 1979, from the Chief's office. At that time, General Morris
was Chief of Engineers, and he made his usual talk. "Oh, we're sorry to see you go.
You didn't have to go. You're young enough. You could stay here another five years.
We can't do without you."
I said, "Well, General Morris, you've done without me for a long time, and I know you're
going to do without me for some more time. I think it was only two or three more years
until he retired.
He retired the next year, in September
A:
The next year. Then he set up his own firm here in the Washington area. I used to see
him about once or twice a year and ask him how he was getting along. "Oh, it's kind of
rough sledding, but I'm pulling through all right. Then for awhile he was doing very
well, and then for awhile he wasn't doing well anymore.
The first few years I was retired I did some consulting for the Corps. When the Los
Angeles District had their board meet on flood control channel jobs, which I worked on
while employed by the Corps, they asked me to meet with them as a consultant.
Q ..
So the consulting kept you busy?
A:
It kept me as busy as I wanted to be. My last consulting job was in February of 1990.
I said, "Boy, that's 12 years and I've had enough of it. I don't like airline travel
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