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<br />,,-1 <br />1 <br />I"~ <br />I' <br /> <br />Engineering. the NatlOual Al:atlcmy 01 ~':Icnl'l\ and otl\~r mgiIlHl.3I1om. <br />.. .' - 4IlIIi I . <br /> <br />The- sC'Jecti(l~ the Pallcl members was confumed in apPllil.ntlcllcrs signed by the Secretary on <br />June II. June ~3, and June 30. 1'176. Copies of these leuers are included in Appendix B. The <br />June 30 leller Slales (he Punel's charge. <br /> <br />'., <br />, <br /> <br />r As a result of the Y<lrious consullations. the Independent Panel to Review Cause of Teton Dam <br />;:,c. .Failure was establi,hed with membership as follows: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />R. KEITH HIGGINSON, Director of the Department of Water Resources. Stale of Idaho, <br /> <br /> <br />:,1 <br /> <br />WALLACE L. CHADWICK. Chairman, former presidenl of the. American Society of Civil Engine.... <br />.and iJ consultiln.1 on waler projects and dam safety. . <br /> <br />AR THUR C ASAG RANDE, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and engineering con,ultant on <br />dums and foundarions:. <br /> <br />'. HOWARD A. COOMBS: Profe,sor Emeritus of Geology at lhe Universily of Washington, and <br />consulting geologi51 on dams and ~ower projects. <br /> <br />MUNSON W. DOWD, Chief Engineer of lhe Metropolilan Waler District of Soulhern California. <br /> <br />E. MONTFORD FUCIK, Chairman of the Board. Barza Engineering Company, and designer and <br />consuhanl' on major d;)ms, <br />. . . <br /> <br />THOMAS'M. UPS, comulling engineer on major water projects and a member of the consulling <br />board. retained by Ihe Stale of California 10 invesligate the failure of the Baldwin' Hills Dam in <br />soulhero California in 1963. <br /> <br />RALPH B. PECK. consulting engineer, Professor Emeritus of Foundation Engineering. University of <br />.llIinoi, at Urbana, and recipienl of the National Medal of Science from Presidenl.Ford in 1975. <br /> <br />H. BOLTON SEED. Professor or Ci\'il Engineermg. al UniyeisilY of California;)1 Berkeley. a member <br />of the CaliforniJ Seismic S;)(CIY Com.mission, and a consultanl on seismic design of embankment <br />dams and on nudear power plants. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Organizational work slarted .v.ilh telegraphic requests to (he' Director. Design and Construction. <br />United States Bureau of Reclamation. for specific information and data, These r~quests were dated' <br />June II an~ June I~. 1976. ('opies are included in Appendix B. Subsequently, Ihe office of the <br />Secrelary uf the Interior. working with the Panel Ch;mman. undertook a detailed plan for <br />administering the Panel's work. S~veral allernalives were considered. and the respective ad\'anlages <br />and' disadvunlages weighed. In the interest of best preserving complete independence for the Panel, a <br />conlract plan of organization ~nd administration was accepted wherein the Panel Chairman became a <br />. prime contraclor. and (he other panel members and professional staff became subcontractors, wilh <br />lhe contracl ubligation to prepare a series of interim and progress reports. and a main r~port.. <br />. , <br /> <br />-1 <br />i <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />-' <br />I; <br />, <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />I <br />\ <br /> <br />TIle inlen1 of the "no .fee" contract was containcd in a letter dalcd July I~ 1976. The deliniliv~ <br />conlracl was ulso dated July 16, 1976. but w"' finalized on OClober 4,1976. \lowever. because of <br />the urgency of Its task. lhe Pilnel actively pursued ils purpos. from the time of its appointment. <br /> <br />/ <br />., <br /> <br />, <br />.' <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />. . :.}~ <br />. ,-~~' <br />. ' <br /> <br />~~____,."!" ,',' =,:-:-:il:-:; 'l",A..lj~ '....~ .....'~...;~. ...., '..l <br />7..p.~"'" . <br /> <br />"... '.' ~. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />~ - ~, <br /> <br />.... __r."_'~"'...-<; <br />