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GEORGE F. SOWERS
Pages 284-289

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... Final Tribute Vol 13.indd 284 3/23/10 3:42:40 PM
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... The year George was chosen to give this talk, the auditorium was packed to capacity. At first glance, his odd title for a technical lecture might have been about dinosaurs, but true to his intentions, George wove a fascinating story about the details and evidence concerning ancient earthwork construction and rock engineering practices on the North and South American continents dating back several thousand years.
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From page 286...
... However, if one were forced to describe him in one word, it would have to be educator. Regardless of whether he was in front of 60 aspiring civil engineers in an undergraduate geotechnical engineering class at the Georgia Institute of Technology or in the presence of some of the world's leading consultants standing on the abutment of a 300 m high rockfill dam in Malaysia attempting to assimilate the characteristics of the large slide that had just occurred, Professor Sowers always tried to learn something new for himself and to help educate everyone who was present.
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From page 287...
... In addition to balancing and fulfilling his commitments as a consultant and academician, Professor Sowers also found time to participate actively in the activities of professional societies, including the Geotechnical Engineering Division of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE)
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From page 288...
... George was also the author of more than 140 technical papers, many of which received prestigious awards. The excellence of his professional endeavors was recognized with numerous accolades: Teacher of the Year Award at Georgia Tech in 1971; Engineer of the Year Award from the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers in 1973; Herschel Prize from the Boston Society of Civil Engineers in 1976; ASCE Middlebrooks Award in 1977; Terzaghi Lecture in 1979; ASCE Martin Kapp Lecture in New York in 1985; Brooks Award in 1990; ASCE Middlebrooks Award in 1994; ASCE Terzaghi Award in 1995; and ASCE Forensic Engineering Award in 1995.
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... Final Tribute Vol 13.indd 289 3/23/10 3:42:41 PM
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