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WILLIAM J. HALL
Pages 176-183

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... DODDS JR. WILLIAM JOEL HALL, an eminent structural engineer, university teacher, and scholar, died June 9, 2020, at the age of 94 in Urbana, Illinois.
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... He was the principal investigator on a number of earthquake engineering projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation. His research spanned a range of topics in structural engineering, from evaluation of design and performance issues of steel structures to shock and blast effects on structures and military equipment, and earthquake engineering studies of structures and equipment.
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... , in the areas of new design criteria for hardened protective structures. These jobs spanned missile facilities, military physical vulnerability studies, vibration studies of NASA missile test stands, reactor containment analysis and design studies (including seismic considerations)
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... A particularly noteworthy assignment was in 1982 when Bill served on the Defense Science Board Task Force on Closely Spaced Basing for the MX missile system, the so-called Townes Committee, reporting to the Secretary of Defense. Bill was especially proud to serve his country on these high-visibility and critical military challenges at the height of the Cold War.
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... Huber Civil Engineering Research Award (1963) , the Adams Memorial Membership Award of the American Welding Society (1967)
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... 182 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES tremendous story-telling ability, caring heart, and sense of humor made him not only a giant in civil engineering but a giant as a human being as well. Bill's wife of 71 years, Elaine, died November 23, 2020.
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