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William D. Alexander 1911-2003
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... Bill worked on projects, mostly heavy air fields, in the United States and in the Philippines and Japan. He transferred to the air force in 1953 and became chief of engineering for far east operations and then moved to the air force directorate of civil engineering, with responsibilities for global air force installations, including early warning projects such as sage (semi-automatic ground environment system and the deWliNe (distant early Warning line)
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... Vehicle assembly Building on Merritt island at cape canaveral, florida. The success of the apollo program and the record size of the vehicle assembly building resulted in the project being designated as the outstanding civil engineering achievement for 1966 by the american society of civil engineers.
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... He was a fellow of the american society of civil engineers, chairman of its aerospace Transportation division, and chair of its research committee from 1966 to 1971. He was also a fellow of the american consulting engineers council, a member of the society of american Military engineers, and a member of the Board of the civil engineering foundation.
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... He was designated civil engineer Member of the year by the american society of civil engineers New york chapter in 1967. Bill's greatest recognition, though, was having his major projects -- the air force icBM system, the apollo space launching facility, the fermi accelerator, and the MarTa Transit system -- all receive awards as outstanding projects for their respective years.
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