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<br />IN THE NEWS <br /> <br />Harza. Beck. Vellrop Attend <br />ICOlD Meeting in Stockholm <br />RiChard 0 Harla. Chairman and President Ear1 J Bee- E~ecu- <br />~ve VICe President and Jan A Veilrop VICe PreSlOenl anended <br />me E_,ecUII\'€ Commlnee r,leetlno of tnE' InternatIOnal CommlS. <br />Sion on Large Dams [ICOlO; hekl in Stockholm in M.a. Dr <br />Vel/rop a!1endb'd In hiS ne,., cawo!'y as Ch,Nman 01 !he US <br />Commlne€ on Large Dams (USCOLD) and <IS Cha:lmarJ ot me <br />Subcommmee on Mdl€rtalS tor Conere!e Dams Mr Harza IS a <br />memt:€r 01 the Comm:llee on Damming and tile Emllronmenl <br />and Mr Beck IS on the Commlf1ee on HydraulICS 01 Dams <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />.- - <br />The lkItro.os at Trmlty-Sr Slorg'us Monastery nwr <br />MOSCOw Letr 10 nght am Mr I.k:>i~ov mterpreter <br />and guide Mrs \lei/rOD. Dr Vellrov and <br />Dr V M Semen/(O>l fhAr haS! <br /> <br />Keller <br /> <br />Veltrop Visits Russia. <br />Attends CANCOLD Meeting <br />FOllOWing We ICOLD Executive Comml!1ee meetmgs (and a <br />lOur 01 hydroeloclflC prOjeclS In Sweden and Finland) Dr and <br />Mrs Veltrop traveled to RUSSia In response 10 an InvltatJon tram <br />Dr V M Semenkov Deputy Director at lhe Screntlflc Research <br />Cenler ot the Hydro ProteCt InSlIlule at RUSSia Prior 10 the oHlclal <br />meetings '''..I!h Dr Semenkov the Veltrops spent ten days genlng <br />a tourists View 01 Lenlngraa and Mosco..... on their own <br />Alter VlSltlng the headquarters 01 the Hydro ProJectlnstllute In <br />Moscow a gUIde and Interpreler were provded tor a tnp to VOl- <br />gograd (formerly Stallngrad) and then 10 the Soviet Republic at <br />Georgia The hlQhhghl Of their trip south .....as a VISIIIO the SHe at <br />the 271 5.m high Ingufl arch dam whiCh when compleTed will <br />supply water 10 five DOwer stations haVing a tOlal capacity at <br />1640MW <br />In hiS capaCity as Chairman at USCOLD Dr Vellrop attended <br />lhe annual meetmg of the Canadian Committee on Large Dams <br />{CANCOLD} held In Kelowna BritiSh Columbia In SePTember <br />Several lecTures presented at the meeting concerned the plan- <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />fling d:lC CeSlg!'l at me 175 m-hlgh Reve!sto~<? HydroeleclPc <br />PrOlect unCer cons.TrUCtlOn on the COlumtua Rl,er FOIIOI"lng !"8 <br />meeTings Dr Veitrop IOlned a tour Of me Reveistc-e PrOject <br /> <br />D. J. Duck Recipient of <br />Golden Beaver Award <br />Mr Donaid J Duo Senior Assocli'!tt> and Heac of !lie Con- <br />STruChon t..ld~dgernenl Deoonment was d'Narded tne 1982 <br />Golden Beaver A.....'lrCl tor Enq,neer'nQ by the Beavers orga'1lla- <br />IKln <br />The Beavers IS composed at compan.es ana Individuals In- <br />volved In dam bUlk;1lng and olher heaV'v englneenng conslructJOn <br />In rhe West The orgam131lon gives recognlhon nOT only 10 the <br />:)rrnclpals fesoonSIDie tor such constructiOn bul to me many <br />othe' member!:: at ihe consTruction team as well <br /> <br />SAME Elects Hesse Director <br />Mr RIChard Hesse Of Harza s WaShington 0 C otflce....as one <br />ot lhe Cllreclors e~led "I Ihe spring meeting ot lhe WaSr'III1Qlon <br />POst 01 the SOCiety of Amencan Mihldry Engineers Hesse IS also <br />a fellO,',' oj !he SOCiety <br />Ketler Represents Regional Power Engineers <br />Mr James J Keifer head 01 !he TransmiSSIOn and DlstnbL;!ion <br />Section IS the R~lon IV chapter represenlatlve 01 the Institute <br />of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Po....er Englneermg <br />Society He represented the region at the Power Englf'eenng <br />SOC!€ty s Winter 1981 meeting Ifl Attanla He also serves as d <br />member ot lhe Nallonal Administrative Commlnee of The Power <br />Engineering Society <br />Lagvankar on AWWA Committee <br />Dr ASho!.. Lagvankar Head 01 the Environmental Englneenng <br />Department has been selected lor memberShip on the POly- <br />electrolyte Slandards Committee of lhe American W<lter Works <br />ASSOClallon <br /> <br />Prize-Winning Technical Papers Announced <br />Lasf year al thiS time the L F Harm Awards were established to <br />reward excellence In the preparation 01 technical papers and <br />artiCles The com;Jetlllon IS open only to Harza employees and IS <br />tor papers published In technK;a1 Journals or conference pro. <br />Ceedlngs dUring the prevIous year Last year s award winners <br />N!:!fe <br /> <br />151 Prize (S2500) Dr Ramon S La Russo tor hiS ar1lcle. <br />ChlCaQOS TARP Solves Problems In Big Way publiShed In <br />WATER & WASTES ENGINEERI~jG (Dr La Russo. VICe Pres- <br />denT and Director dlSlrrbuled the C<lSh prize equally among <br />eight key engineers and geologists on the TARP ProJ€C1 who <br />asslsled In preparation of the paper) <br /> <br />2nd Prize [$1500) Alan H Schultz and RIChard A Wes!more <br />for theqr paper. Wafer Resources EduC<l!ion ReqUirements ot <br />Engineering Firms published In the Journal ot the Water Re- <br />sources Plannmg and Management DIVISIOn ASCE <br /> <br />3rd Prize(S lQOO} Wilham Shl€h and Dr C H Yeh tor a paper <br />they co-authored wllh C Chavam and A DeFnes 01 CVG <br />EDELCA entlTlea RaiSing Gun Gravity Dam Stability and <br />Slress InvestigatIOns published In the proceedings 01 the In. <br />lernatlOnal CommiSSIon on Large Dams. Ne..... Dehi Congress <br />1979 <br /> <br />ThiS year lhe revl€W commmee IS JUdging €l9hl papers OUo. <br />Ilshed In 1980 Winners Will be announced at the companys <br />Annual MeeTing In December <br />