OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING
ALUMNI AWARD

Each year we seek to recognize one or more of our civil engineering graduates who have contributed to our profession in accordance with criteria established by our alumni Board of Governors:

* Advancement of knowledge in the field of civil engineering

* Exercise of civil engineering expertise for the benefit of the general public

* Demonstrated excellence in the teaching of civil engineering

* Achievements in the practice of civil engineering which contribute to the recognition of the civil engineering profession

The Civil Engineering Alumni Association is pleased to announce the two recipients selected to receive our most esteemed award in 2011.

Congratulations to David F. Pritchard and Sung-Hwan Kim

David F. Pritchard received his bachelor’s degree from Ohio State in 1967 and went to work with the Corps of Engineers, joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to a state engineering office in Iran, where he spent two years. He returned to the U.S. in 1970 and began work as a consulting engineer in private practice with Genovese and Associates in Connecticut, then in 1971 returned to Columbus with Burgess  & Niple.  He earned his Masters in Civil Engineering from Ohio State in 1974, specializing in water resources, and, as he put it, “semi-retiring” from B & N in 2007. During his working career as a civil engineer, Dave has constantly been involved in our profession with service to ASCE and NSPE/OSPE.

Sung-Hwan Kim received his BS in Agricultural Civil Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea in 1984, followed by his MS in Civil Engineering from Ohio State in 1988 and his PhD in Civil Engineering from Ohio State in 1994.Dr. Kim has been with the Korea Expressway Corporation since 1983, holding a succession of progressively more responsible positions within the national transportation agency, including staff engineer, project engineer, site principal project engineer and currently, as Executive Director for Construction, manages the entire new road construction projects nationwide for a system which is more than 1000 km in length and has an annual construction budget of $3 billion. One of his most recent responsibilities, completed in 2009, was as chief of construction for the Incheon Bridge , an 18.4 km sea-crossing structure connecting the Incheon International Airport with the expressway system around the Seoul metropolitan area. 

OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING ALUMNI AWARD PAST RECIPIENTS

2011- David F. Pritchard and Sung-Hwan Kim

2010 - James V. Bonta

2009 - Delbert F. Boring

2008 - Ronald R. Schultz and Timothy A. Van Echo

2007 - Thomas E. Crowley and David A. Edwards

2006 - James R. Morris

2005 - William H. Lewis

2004 - Richard H. French

2003 - William E. Quicksall, Jr.

2002 - F. Thomas Johnston

2001 - Ralph F. Setterlin, Jr.

2000 - Dwight D. Stuckey

1999 - Francis C. Smith

1998 - William Bryan Burgett