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RICHARD N. WRIGHT
Pages 352-358

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From page 353...
... Wright II and Carolyn Baker Wright. His older sister Fleta and younger brother John were his constant companions in the family's rustic summer "camp" in Conklin Falls, and the three of them spent the post–World War II years working nights and weekends in the family's store in downtown Syracuse.
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From page 354...
... It had a terrific effect on my career because a couple of the younger officers I was working with there had received their master's degree at the University of Illinois in the area of structural dynamics and structural response to extreme loads…. They thought that I really ought to go to the University of Illinois and extend my knowledge there and they recommended me." He then served for a year in the Okinawa Engineering District of the US Army Corps of Engineers where, among other duties, he observed the Redwing series of nuclear tests on the Eniwetok Atoll.
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From page 355...
... The family moved to Montgomery Village, Maryland, and Dick reveled in the opportunity to explore the area's Civil War battlefields, Smithsonian museums, and Potomac River hiking trails with his family. He initiated several major programs at NBS that had significant impacts for the nation.
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From page 356...
... By congressional mandate, NBS also investigated the cause of the 1981 collapse of skywalks in the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel that killed more than 100 guests. The credibility of these investigations led to legislative authority for such activities and many subsequent requests over the decades, including investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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From page 357...
... For the National Research Council, he chaired the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (1999–2002) and seved on the Committee to Develop a Long-Term Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, as well as NAE membership committees.
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From page 358...
... After his retirement, Dick continued his professional activities under the auspices of ASCE with particular emphasis on sustainable infrastructure and adaptation to climate change, which included development of a textbook for teaching sustainable design, Engineering for Sustainable Communities, Principles, and Practices (with William E Kelly and Barbara Luke; 2017, published by ASCE)
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Key Terms

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  • civil engineers
  • montreal protocol
  • standards alumni
  • earthquake hazards

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  • alumni association
  • seismic safety
  • building research

  • montgomery village
  • redwing series
  • trade center
  • potomac river
  • regency hotel

  • federal service
  • engineering district
  • industrialized housing
  • ichard newport
  • family moved

  • ann butwell
  • performance criteria
  • federal engineer
  • protocol ahead
  • various companies

  • meritorious executive
  • presidential meritorious
  • jimmy carter
  • program enabled
  • international front


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