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