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<br />Calvin V. Davis <br /> <br />Calvin V DavIs former President and Chairman at Harza Engl. <br />neenng Company dw SePlemoer 15 at lhe age oi 84 From <br />1922 when he graduated from lhe School at Englneenng ot <br />Drexellnslilure 10 1968 I'o'hen he rellred Mr DavIs I'o'as a Danner <br />and des~ner of mator dams and hydraulIC strUClures HIs many <br />englneenng achlevemerHs, along Wlm his cOnlnbutlons lhrough <br />wntmg and lectunng made hIm an Internationally recognllM <br />authontyln hlslield <br />The first 14 'years of Mr DavIS professional career '....ere Spent <br />Wllh Ambursen Englneenng Corporation 01 New York While <br />there he became Chi€'i Engineer (at the age at 30) and sub- <br />sequently d8SIQned whaT was tnen the hl9hest slab and bunress <br />type dam In the world <br />In 1937 Mr DaVIS wenl10 work tor the nel'o'ly-crealed Tennessee <br />Valley AUThorlr,.. By tile lime he Iel1ln 1943 ne had prepared <br />a master plan tor development Of rhe upper Tennessee River <br />Basm and served as Prolect OesJgn Engineer on the 500-fool. <br />hlQh Fontana Dam He then toned FredrICk R Hams Englneem-.g <br />Company as V~e Presldent, a IXlSlllon that Involved manage- <br />ment of that company s southern operatlQns <br />In 1947. Mr DaVlspmed Harza Hewasa VICe Presldenlof the <br />hrm until 1953 when, upon the dealh 01 fhe founder L F Harza <br />he was elected Pr€Sident From 1963 un~1 he retired In December <br />1968 he was Chairman at Harza s Board of Directors <br />During Mr DaVIS years With Harza the company grew tram <br />fewer than 50 employees 10 more than 500 and became Inter- <br />national In scope He was personally Involved m prOjects In 22 <br />fore!Qn countries InCluding the 6oo-loot-h.gh Karadl arCh dam <br />In (ran, lhe 400-foot.hl9h Derbendl Khan rocktlll dam In Iraq <br />and The Mangla SPillway In Pakistan The Ianer is notable tor ItS <br />unIQue soluTion to the problem 01 diSCharging water at the rale <br />01 1 100,000 cubiC te€l per second ar.cl droopng II 325 feet <br />onto a solt foundation The resulling de5tQn Involves rwo large <br />stlllll1g baSjns each 01 whICh dlsslDates half of the 30_000,000 hp <br />contained In the flow Harza received an Engineering Excellence <br />ANard tram the Consul~ng Engineers CounCIl and Mr DaVIS was <br />awarded a Teitord Medal by the InstituTiOn at CIVIl Engineers at <br />Greal Britain tor the prOjOCt <br />Through me years Mr DaVIS was perhaDS best known as Ihe <br />editor ollhe Handtook. 01 Appllea HydraulICS He produced <br />three editIOns ot the book bet,^,een 1942 alld 1969 making II <br />one at the mas! widely used al"\O most authoritatIVe texts avail. <br />able on The sublect <br />In addlTlQn 10 !he Handbooi< Mr DaVIS wrOle numerous Tech- <br />meal papers and artICles He '''''as a Fellow of th_e American So. <br />clet)' of CMI Engineers arid recrPtent at melr RICkey Medal in <br />1962 He was also a member at the AmerICa"1 InSlilute at Con. <br />suiting Engineers me Instltullon 01 CIVIl Engineers (london). and <br />lne Executive Commi!lee at the U S Commlnee on large Dams <br />He also found time TO serve on severa! consulting ooards and 10 <br />present a series at lectures at the University otllllnOIS <br />Mr DaVIS IS SUrvlVOO by hiS ....do..... Faye a son. Stephen and <br />a daughter Mrs Shlriey MOriS <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />,.~,'9 <br />j l <br />1---, <br />~ .- -,,- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I <br /> L -, <br />\ .1. <br /> \., -t1' <br />- <br /> Calvin V Dal'fS <br /> <br />Stefan Farbota <br /> <br />In February Stefan Farbo\a passed away at the age at 61 He <br />was With Harza for 25 years Sieve was a key mechanICal engi- <br />neer tor a variety at prOjOCts Until 1977 most of hiS work was <br />on mechanical auxlllafles tor hydro stations, pumping plants. <br />and dIeSel generating statIOns, al1er that he was Involved onmanly <br />In the deSIgn of wastewater Treatment tacllltles tor such clients <br />as Commonwealth Edison Scon Paper Co. and Cleveland-Chits <br />Iron Company <br /> <br /> <br />W,I,amSh/f!f"I <br /> <br />William Ying.Jer Shieh <br />Wilham Shieh passed 3'''''a'1' m June after 21 years With Harza He <br />.....as a SenIOr ASSOCIate and headed the company s Structural <br />AnalySIS and DeslQn Section Bill101ned HarZ3 as a StruClural <br />Engineer at the lime when the use of computers In Structural <br />d€SIQrI .....as undergOing lIS greatest cevelopmenr Over the years <br />he was responSible tor devetopmg many of Harza s deSIgn <br />programs aM made extenSIve use at Ilnlte element methOds In <br />anafyllrlQ stre;ses In S!ructures HIS most recent proteClS Included <br />deSlQn at the Slronlla SPrings arch Cam (The featured proj€C! <br />In 1t1IS ISSue) arld re.arralVSlS Of lhe e~ls~ng San Dimas and BlQ <br />Darton Dams In Call1orrl1.3 <br /> <br />13 <br />