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Roy Beard, a world renowned hydrologic engineer, died in Austin, TX,
on March 21, 2009, at the age of 91.
Roy Beard had an illustrious career with the US
Army Corps of Engineers from 1939 to 1972, retiring as
(founding) Director of the Corps’
Hydrologic
Engineering
Center
in Davis,
CA. He was known for his
pioneering work on the application of statistics to
hydrologic engineering.
Following his retirement from the Corps of
Engineers, he joined the University of Texas
as Professor of Civil Engineering and subsequently the
engineering consulting firm of Espey, Huston, and
Associates.
Professor Beard lectured at universities and other
organizations throughout the world.
He was a visiting professor at the University of
California
(Berkeley) and
Utah
State
University
and lectured at the University
of California (Davis).
He was a member of the American
Geophysical Union (AGU), the International Association
of Hydrologic Sciences, the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the International Water
Resources Association, a Fellow and Honorary Member of
the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), and
Honorary Member of the American Waterworks Association.
Mr. Beard served as chairman of the ASCE Water
Resources Planning & Management Division, President of
the AGU Section of Hydrology, Editor-In-Chief of
Water
International and Managing Editor of the
International
Journal of Hydrology.
In 1975 he was elected to the National Academy of
Engineering.
In 2001 he received the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for “a
life-long and eminent contribution to the environment
and water resources engineering disciplines through
practice, research and public service.”
In 2007 he received the Ven Te Chow Award of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
“for advancing knowledge in hydrologic engineering in
systems techniques for reservoir regulation, statistical
methods for streamflow frequency analysis, flood
hydrograph computation, and the development of computer
based methods for hydrologic computations.
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