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DOUGLAS C. MOORHOUSE
Pages 258-263

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... Doug graduated from high school in 1944 and a week later joined the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program. By the end of the year, he was involved in heavy combat along the front lines of France in World War II.
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From page 260...
... Under his leadership, WCGI grew to more than 3,000 e ­ mployees and expanded from its roots in geotechnical engineering to provide consulting and engineering services across a much wider range of disciplines, including the broader earth sciences field, environmental sciences and engineering, and water resources engineering. In environmental consulting, Doug was one of the first leaders in the business to recognize the significance of the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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... Doug was an early champion and adopter of novel techniques to improve the performance and reliability of engineered systems and structures. As a primary result of his efforts, WCC was one of the first civil engineering firms in the country to bring decision and risk analysis techniques to siting studies for critical infrastructure such as large dams and nuclear power plants.
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From page 262...
... Horner Award for the paper he coauthored with David M Greer, "Engineering-Geologic Studies for Sewer Projects." In 1972 he received the ACEC Award for Engineering Excellence for geotechnical and earthquake engineering ­projects at the Davis-Besse and Cooper nuclear power stations.
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