The Civil Engineering Academy was established in 1998 by the MU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an active group of civil engineering alumni.
The purpose of the Academy is to honor outstanding graduates and distinguished friends of the University of Missouri Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Election to the Academy recognizes outstanding achievement, excellence and leadership in engineering and civic affairs.
Academy Mission
To honor those civil engineering graduates from the University of Missouri who are outstanding in their field, leaders in community affairs and worthy of emulation.
Goals
- To motivate civil engineering students by providing examples of outstanding civil engineering graduates;
- to be partners in the education of University of Missouri students;
- and to help the University of Missouri achieve national prominence in civil engineering education.
Academy Nomination Form (Word)
Academy of Distinguished Alumni Member Information
Induction into the Academy honors some of the most successful of the Civil Engineering Alumni of the University of Missouri.
- To update your Academy roster information, email muengrcee@missouri.edu.
- To update your Civil Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni member profile, use this form.
- If you are a Civil and Environmental Engineering Department alumnus wishing to tell us about your new job, your retirement or an award you received, submit a class note to Mizzou Magazine. (Class notes accepted for accolades from the past year. Your submission may be edited for style, length and clarity.)
- If you are a Civil and Environmental Engineering Department alumnus wishing to update your address or employer information with MU alumni records, click here.
Academy of Distinguished Alumni Members

Paul J. Axtell
Dan Brown and Associates
PE, D.GE

William F. Baker
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
SE, CE, PE

Jim Beasley
President, Willsbros Engineers Inc.

Raymond A. Beck
Former City Manager, City of Columbia, Missouri

Norman A. Bellem
Senior Research Engineer, Butler Manufacturing Company

David Bennett
Engineering Surveys & Services

Ronald Berry
BNSF Railway Company

William C. Blackman Jr.
Arizona State University

David A. Blasiar Sr.
Blasiar Engineering

D. Matthew Bond
Black & Veatch

Andrew Bonderer
Professional Contractors & Engineers Inc.
PE

Anthony F. Bonderer
Professional Contractors & Engineers Inc.

Michael Boyer
AWT Management Services Inc.
PE

Gary Brasser
Jacobs Engineering Group
PE

John E. Breen
University of Texas-Austin

David Brune
University of Missouri

Ashley Buechter
Missouri Department of Transportation
PE

Dan Burns
U.S. Corps of Engineers (retired)
PE

Donald C. Calkins
Water Services City of Anaheim Public Utilities Department
PE

Ronald J. Calkins
City of San Buenaventura

Dorral J. Calvert
Palm Beach Country

Mark Capron
Jacobs Engineering

Chester “Kit” Carson Jr.
President/Owner, Carson-Mitchell Inc.

Alexander H-D Cheng
University of Mississippi

Mark M. Clark
Northwestern University

Randy Clarkson
Bartlett & West
PE

John T. Conway
Bartlett & West, Inc. (retired)
PE

Jeffrey L. Cook
ARCO Construction Company Inc.
PE

David L. Cowell
Cowell Engineering LLC

Tim Crockett
Crockett Engineering Consultants
PE

Carl Crull
Crull Engineering

Michael DeBacker
Burns & McDonnell

Tom Decker
Brown and Caldwell (retired)
PE, BCEE

Patrick Earney
McClure Engineering, P.E.

Clayton Edwards
City of Tulsa, Oklahoma
PE

Kevin R. Eisenbeis
Burns & McDonnell

Josephine Lorenz Emerick
Engineering Design Source, Inc.

Larry W. Frevert
TREKK Design Group, LLC
PE

Barbara (Geoffroy) Frost
TranSystems

Kenneth Gambaro
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
PE

Scott Gammon
American Bridge Company
PE, DBIA

Bob Gilbert
Chief Operations Officer and Senior Vice President, Bartlett & West

John Glascock
City of Columbia (MO) Public Works Department
PE

Paula Gough
Missouri Department of Transportation

Leonard Graham
Taliaferro & Browne, Inc.

Clifford L. Greenwalt
Central Illinois Public Service Company, Inc. (retired)

Kurt Gribble
HDR Engineering

John R. Harrington
The Austin Company

Kenneth O. Hartley
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ltd.

Peter Hartman
Division Administrator, Idaho

Bryan Hartnagel
Missouri Department of Transportation

Ed Hassinger
Missouri Department of Transportation

Dennis Heckman
Missouri Department of Transportation
PE

Steven M. Hobbs
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District

Robert C. Hoehn
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lesley Solinger Hoffarth
Forest Park Forever Non-Profit
PE

Paul R. Hollrah
US-Russian Mayor-to-Mayor Program

Ronald Hollrah
Black & Veatch SG (retired)

Thomas Holt
Missouri Department of Transportation (retired)

Sherman Honeycutt
Design and Construction Management Services, Inc.
PE, AVS

Nicole Hood
Missouri Department of Transportation

Gregory Horn
Mississippi River Bridge
PE

Zhiqang Hu
University of Missouri
PE

Cory Imhoff
HDR, Inc.

Gretchen Ivy
HNTB Corporation

Matthew Niall Jansson
Missouri Department of Transportation

Nolan (Chip) Jones
Emery Sapp & Sons

Peter Johnson
St. Louis Bridge Construction Company

Ronald F. Kadane
Clayton Engineering Company (retired)

Martin J. Kehoe
Callaway Nuclear Power Plant (retired)
PE

Kevin Keith
Missouri Department of Transportation

Stephen Kellerman
Burns & McDonnell, P.E.

Charles T. Kennedy
Kennedy Details

Sam A. Kiger
University of Missouri College of Engineering
Honorary Member

Lloyd J. “Jim” Kissick III
Kissick Construction Company, Inc.

Carl E. Klamm
Missouri Department of Transportation

William R. Knocke
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (retired)
PE

Neil Koelling
Environmental Restoration Systems

Ray Kowalik
Burns & McDonnell

Leonard Kriesky
Black & Veatch, Inc. (retired)

Travis Koestner
Missouri Department of Transportation
PE

Kenneth Kolkmeier
Nooter Corporation

H. Lee Kupfer
Black & Veatch, Inc.

Allen Laffoon
Missouri Department of Transportation (retired)
PE

Mary C. Laime
EFK Moen, LLC

Gregory L. Law
Crawford, Murphy and Tilly

David Leake
St. Louis Development Corporation

Thomas J. Leicht
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

David H. Lillard
Black & Veatch (retired)

Gary Logsdon
Black & Veatch

Rachel Lunceford
Burns & McDonnell
PE

Clarence L. Mabin
Custom Engineering, Inc.

Thomas J. Mathis III
Mathis & Associates

Jay B. McGarraugh
University of Missouri (retired)
Honorary Member

Edward E. Middleton
Middleton Associates

David Miller
City of Branson, Missouri
PE

John P. Miller
FHWA Missouri Division, P.E.

Linda L. Moen
EFK Moen LLC

James E. Monsees
Senior Vice President and Technical Director, Parsons, Brinkerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Inc.

Larry G. Mrazek
LGM Engineers, Inc.

Wayne Muri
Missouri Department of Transportation

Charles J. Nemmers
University of Missouri

Earl Newman
Earl Newman and Associates Traffic and Transportation Consultants
PE

David B. Nichols
Missouri Department of Transportation
PE

Daniel Niec
Missouri Department of Transportation
PE

Carl H. Niewoehner
Consulting Engineer (self-employed)

Ronald Norris
Public Works, Lenexa, Kansas (retired)

John Novak
Virginia Polytechnic and State University (retired)

Jennifer Obertino
URS Corporation
PE

James W. O’Neill
The Boeing Company

Jacob W. Owen
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, KC District
PE, PMP

Charles E. Owsley
City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri (retired)
PE

R. Max Peterson
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Christopher C. Poehler
Bi-State Development Agency

Steven W. Polk
Private Consulting Engineer

Christopher J. Price
HNTB Corporate

Jay A. Puckett
University of Nebraska

Thomas J. Quigley
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
PE

Tom J. Ratzki
Black & Veatch

John D. Reece
Little Blue Valley Sewer District

Kenneth R. Rikard
Value Mgt. & Engineering International, Inc.

William A. Rinehart
Caterpillar, Inc. (retired)

Natalie Roark
Missouri Department of Transportation

James M. Roberts
Roberts Engineering

Barry Rolle
HDR Engineering Corporation

George M. Rootes
Shell Pipeline Company (retired)

Paul Roth
Southwestern Bell Company (retired)

Charles H. Samson
Texas A&M

Rod Sands
Explorer Pipeline Company

George L. Satterlee Jr.
HNTB Corporation (retired)

Mark A. Schnoebelen
Massman Construction Company
PE

Eric Schroeter
State Design Engineer, Missouri Department of Transportation

Paul Shaughnessy
President, BSI Constructors

Mark S. Shaw
Senior Project Engineer, Power Delivery Division, Power Engineers, Inc.
PE

Holly Shorney-Darby
Senior Technical Engineer, PWN Technologies

B. Daniel Simon III
Brown, Willbrand, Simon & Powell, P.C.

Thomas Skinner
Missouri Department of Transportation (retired)

James E. Smith
Missouri Department of Transportation

Ted A. Smith
DeWitt and Associates

David G. Snider
Missouri Department of Transportation (retired)

Trent Stober
HDR, Inc.

James E. Thompson
University of Missouri (retired)

Charles K. Townsend
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (retired)

Brett Trautman
Missouri Department of Transportation – Construction and Materials Division

Walter F. Vandelicht
Assistant Chief Engineer, Missouri Highway and Transportation Department

Scott Van Dyke
Explorer Pipeline (retired)

James Van Wormer
HNTB

Derek Vap
HNTB Corporation, P.E.

Mark Virkler
University of Missouri (retired)

Kevin W. Ward
Federal Highway Administration
PE

Frank Weatherford
TranSystems
PE

David Weber
Allstate Consultants
PE, SE

George E. Wolf Jr.
Assistant City Manager/Director, Kansas City Public Works

George Wolf III
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Law Firm

Elizabeth Wright
Missouri Department of Transportation

James Zerega
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers