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| Thomas Kavanagh |
This award is presented to a Civil Engineer who has contributed substantially to the status of the Civil Engineering profession by their public service. The award is named after Dr. Thomas C. Kavanagh (1912-1978), a professor at Penn State University, New York University, and Columbia University and a partner with the consulting firm of Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury. Kavanagh was actively involved with dozens of professional societies, helped to found the National Academy of Engineering, and authored over 100 technical publications. He was responsible for creating the Met Section Structures Group and also served as the president of the ASCE Met Section.
2012 Recipient:
George Moglia, Jr., P.E.
Vice President and Principal Project Manager
Parsons Brinckerhoff
George Moglia, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE, a vice president and principal project manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff, serves as a Region 1 Governor of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Region 1, one of the Society's 10 regional governing boards, represents members from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island and Vermont. Mr. Moglia began his term October 1, 2009.
Mr. Moglia has more than 35 years of professional experience in the design of highway and bridge facilities. He has designed and managed numerous complex infrastructure projects, including the production of environmental impact statements and the development of planning documents through to the final design.
Mr. Moglia has served as director of the Metropolitan Section. Additionally, within ASCE he has held several leadership roles in the Long Island Branch of the Metropolitan Section, including president, vice president and secretary. He received the Citizen Engineer of the Year Award from ASCE National in 2008, and the ASCE Metropolitan Section, Long Island Branch Engineer of the Year Award in 2010. In addition he continues to serve as an evaluator for continuing education credits for the ASCE Metropolitan Section.
Mr. Moglia has a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an Associate's Degree in Construction Technology from the State University of New York in Farmingdale. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in New York and Connecticut and a resident of Dix Hills, New York.
Past Recipients:
2011 Karen C. Armfield
2010 Erik Metzger
2009 Arthur L. Wolek
2008 Cesare DeRose, Sr.
2007 Andrew Herrmann
2006 Richard B. Cassin
2005 Bruce Podwal
2004 Bernard Haber
2003 Prasad Kudlapur
2002 Albert Machlin
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2001 Cengiz H. Mumcuoglu
2000 William Fife
1999 Otto Maatsch
1998 Edwin Polese
1997 Mortimer Sanders
1996 Susan M. Rossbach
1995 M.D. Morris
1994 Mel Stein
1993 Michael N. Salgo
1992 Elmer Isaak
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1991 Jagtar S. Khinda
1990 Gerald Palevsky
1989 Leonard S. Oberman
1988 Jerome S. B. Iffland
1987 David Caplan
1986 Harold Kessler
1985 Robert Olmsted
1984 Robert Schumacher |
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