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Harry Bolton Seed
Harry Bolton Seed
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He will be remembered as one of the foremost civil engineers of any generation, and the hundreds of students who learned from him during his forty years at Berkeley provide eloquent testimony to his superb teaching skills, brilliant mind, and compassion for all of those around him. Harry Bolton Seed was born in Bolton, England, on August 19, 1922.
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Following two years as assistant lecturer at Kings College, he came to the United States to study soil mechanics at Harvard University under the tutelage of Karl Terzaghi and Arthur Casagrande. He received his S.M.
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His pioneering studies included the development of methods for seismic site response analysis, for the analysis of soil-structure interaction, for seismicity evaluation, and for assessment and mitigation of liquefaction potential. The results of his research have led to a total revision of concepts and methods for earthquake resistant design of earth dams, nuclear power plants, coastal facilities, and building foundations, as well as revision of codes of practice, design procedures, and regulations.
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They have had enormous influence on the safety of critical structures such as major dams, nuclear power plants, and highrise buildings. His investigations of major disasters, such as the 1964 great Alaska earthquake, the 1971 San Fernando earthquake in California, the 1976 failure of the Teton dam, the 1979 slide at the port of Nice in France, and the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, have, with the aid of modern methods of analysis and experimental techniques, led to a basic understanding of their causes and to the measures that must be taken to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
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Middlebrooks Award four times, the Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize, the Wellington Prize, the Walter A Huber Research Prize, and the Karl Terzaghi Award.
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Kapp Memorial Lecturer of the American Society of Civil Engineers; James H Haley Memorial Lecture, Boston Society of Civil Engineers; Distinguished Civil Engineering Lecturer, University of Nevada; Charles Schwab Memorial Lecturer, American Iron and Steel Institute; and the Nabor Carillo Lecture, Mexican Society for Soil Mechanics.
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His life's work of teaching, research, and professional practice have had a profound influence on the field of geotechnical engineering. For those who knew him well, however, he will be most remembered as a generous and compassionate gentleman, with wit, incisive insights, and a wide-ranging interest in the world around him.
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American Society of Civil Engineers Research Conference on Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils. University of Colorado, Denver:877-964.
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Evaluation of liquefaction potential using field performance data.
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1987 Influence of local soil conditions on ground motions and building damage during earthquakes. Eighth Nabor Carillo Lecture.
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