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in 1936. The next year he received his master of science degree in engineering from MIT, where he studied under Professors Karl Terzaghi and Arthur Casagrande, whom many consider the founding fathers of modern soil mechanics.
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At the same time he maintained his close links with the academic world and demonstrated his passion to give and serve by teaching night classes as an adjunct professor at New York University from 1949 to 1951 and as a lecturer in soil mechanics at CCNY from 1953 to 1960. As head of the TAMS geotechnical group John used a comprehensive soil mechanics testing laboratory in the basement of the firm's building, developing, among other things, the gradient-controlled consolidation test, a novel approach to estimating time-dependent settlement in cohesive soils.
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The most exceptional challenge in John's engineering career and one that occupied almost two decades of his professional life was his design work and participation in the construction supervision of the Tarbela Dam in Pakistan. This was an additional example of the highly successful use of RCC.
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182 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES Pakistan after partition. John was a lead engineer in the early investigations for this very large ($1.8 billion, 1968 USD)
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He chaired the Geotechnical Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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John Lowe III was an inspiration and mentor to many. His clear thinking, instincts, enthusiasm, and energy were his hallmark, particularly during the sometimes difficult periods throughout his long career.
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JOHN LOWE III 185 John is survived by Jeanne Wright Lowe, his wife of 68 years, son Jonathan in Tampa, daughters Barbara and Heather in Seattle, grandchildren Alicia and Alan, and greatgranddaughters Sarah and Amanda.
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