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J. BARRY COOKE
Pages 68-73

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... He graduated in June 1939 with a bachelor's degree in engineering and immediately obtained employment as a ­unior j engineer in the Engineering Department of Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Francisco. His employment was interrupted in 1942–1946 for ­service in World War II as an engineer officer in the Corps of Engineers, where he attained the rank of major.
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From page 70...
... During his lengthy career Barry was involved in 100 dam projects in more than 20 countries. His national and international assignments on major projects required extensive long-distance air travel -- several hundred thousand miles annually -- which he did without complaint.
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From page 71...
... In 2007 the Brazilian engineers organized a third symposium, again in Florianópolis, this one in Barry's honor, to update the evolution of CFRDs and in "recognition of his unique role as the main developer of CFRDs throughout the world, and as an homage for his positive contribution to dam engineering in Brazil." The introduction to the book, by Thomas M Leps, a close friend of 1  Barry, was my main reference for this memoir.
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... Barry was a special class of American engineer who, having experienced the pressure of war engineering at the start of his career, brought to his professional life the no-nonsense approach and honesty required for good engineering of large hydro projects. In addition, by his character, he left an example of competent and ethical behavior that continues to inspire the engineering community in many countries worldwide.
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