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HUDSON MATLOCK
Pages 232-237

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... -- husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, educator, engineer, pilot, US Army Air Corps veteran, and friend and mentor to many -- passed away October 8, 2015, at the age of 95. Hudson was born December 9, 1919, to Lee and Charlie Matlock in Floresville, Texas, a small farming community southeast of San Antonio.
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From page 234...
... He designed one of the first flexible configuration civil engineering structure laboratories based on servohydraulic systems, initially configured with analog controls and eventually with digital control systems adaptable to new computer technologies that were evolving at the time. His interest in soil mechanics, foundation engineering, and structures with applications to offshore engineering evolved early in his career.
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From page 235...
... He also served on several committees, including the National Research Council Marine Board Committee on Offshore Energy Technology and Panel on Certification of Offshore Structures. While in the Army Air Corps, on November 25, 1942, he married Harriett Nadine Kidder (1919–1996)
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From page 236...
... In retirement Hudson had the opportunity to apply his civil engineering knowledge to help improve the TLR infrastructure. His analysis of the earthen dams on the two main ranch lakes led to important modifications and increased dam safety, both of which led to changes in the state of Texas hazard level classifications of the dams and corresponding reductions in operating and insurance costs to TLR.
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From page 237...
... HUDSON MATLOCK 237 engineering career was enhanced by my study and work under Hudson"; "Everyone who knew him has nothing but sunshine in their eyes when they speak of him"; "He was truly the most honorable, kind, and honest gentleman that I have ever met"; and "the end of an era, they don't make them like that any more."
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