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Legacy of Iowa Engineering Members

Edward L. Ashton

Professor of Civil Engineering (1943 – 1957)

Francis Murray Dawson

Director, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (1936 – 1944)
Professor of Engineering (1936 – 1959)
Dean, College of Engineering (1936 – 1959)

Thomas Farrell

Instructor and Associate Professor of Core Literature and Technical Writing (1939 - 1942, 1946 - 1949, 1949 - 1965)
Professor of Engineering Communications (1968 – 1980)

Robert G. Hering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1971 – 1996)
Chair of Mechanical Engineering (1971 – 1972)
Dean, College of Engineering (1972 – 1992)

Joseph W. Howe

Professor of Mechanics and Hydraulics (1929-1971)
Chair of Mechanics and Hydraulics (1942-1971)

Karl Kammermeyer

Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering (1949-1972)

Edwin B. Kurtz

Professor and Department Chair of Electrical Engineering (1929 – 1960)

Enzo Macagno

Professor of Mechanics and Hydraulics and Research Engineer, IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering (1956 – 1984)
Professor Emeritus (1984 – 2012)

Richard K. Miller

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (1992 – 1999)
Dean, College of Engineering (1992 – 1999)

Floyd Nagler

Professor of Hydraulic Engineering (1920 – 1933)
Hydraulics Laboratory Director (1920 – 1931)
Founder and Director, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (1931 – 1933)

Wayne L. Paulson

Instructor, Civil Engineering (1960-1965)
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (1965-1999)

Hunter Rouse

Professor of Fluid Mechanics (1939 – 1972)
Director, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (1944 – 1965)
Dean, College of Engineering (1966 – 1972)
Carver Professor (1972 – 1976)

Mary Sheedy

Secretary to the Dean of the Engineering College (1929 – 1969)

Dan Branson

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (1963 – 1993)

James Wayne Deegan

Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1949 – 1962)
Chair of Mechanical Engineering (1953 – 1962)
Professor and Chair of Industrial Engineering (1962 – 1971)

Carver Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1990-1998)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1968-1998)
Director, Center for Computer-Aided Design (1980-1995)
Director, National Advanced Driving Simulator (1992-1998)

Frederic Goodson Higbee

Professor and Head of Engineering Drawing (1905 – 1952)

Philip G. Hubbard

Research Engineer, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (1954 – 1966)
Professor of Mechanics and Hydraulics (1954 – 1991)
UI Dean of Academic Affairs (1966 – 1971)
UI Vice President for Student Services (1971 – 1990)
Founder and Director of Opportunity at Iowa (1987 – 1990)

John F. Kennedy

Professor of Fluid Mechanics and Director, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (1966 – 1991)
Chair, Division of Energy Engineering, UI College of Engineering (1974 – 1976)
Carver Professor (1981 – 1987)
Hunter Rouse Professor of Hydraulics (1987 – 1991)

Louis Landweber

Professor of Mechanics and Hydraulics and Research Engineer, IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering (1954 – 1982)
Professor Emeritus (1982 – 1998)

Donald H. Madsen

Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1954 – 1990)
Associate Dean (1967 – 1974)

Philip F. Morgan

Professor of Civil Engineering (1948 – 1961)

Virendra C. Patel

Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics (2000-2007)
University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor (1990-2007)
Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (1971-2007)
Departmental Executive Officer of Mechanical Engineering (1976-1982)
Director, IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering (1994-2004)
Director, Center for Computer-Aided Design (2003-2005)

Kwan Rim

Professor of Biomedical Engineering (1974-2011)
Professor of Mechanics & Hydraulics (1960-1974)
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering (1984-1990)
Chair, Division of Materials Engineering (1978-1984)
Chair, Department of Mechanics & Hydraulics (1972-1974)
Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Research (1974-1979)

Paul D. Scholz

Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1967 – 1992)
Associate Dean, College of Engineering (1979 – 1992)