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Lynn S. Beedle Distinguished Civil and Environmental Engineer Award

The Lynn S. Beedle Award is named for the late professor of civil engineering at Lehigh and founder of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

This award, endowed by gifts from the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at Lehigh University in 2003, is given annually to honor a Lehigh University Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate or faculty member for outstanding achievements in, and contributions to the advancement of the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The award is made annually to an individual(s) for outstanding achievements in, and contributions to the advancement of Civil and Environmental Engineering in education, scholarship, professional leadership, industrial achievement, or a combination of these.

The 2007 Award was presented by Professor John Wilson to Professor Emeritus John W. Fisher. The plaque is inscribed as follows.

LYNN S. BEEDLE

Distinguished
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
AWARD

John W. Fisher,
2007 Recipient of the award,
is recognized for:
His innovative and internationally recognized research in steel structures, structural connections, fatigue and fracture, and bridge engineering.

His 40 years of outstanding leadership of major research programs at Lehigh University, including the Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS).

His many contributions to the knowledge and practice of structural engineering have been recognized with numerous honors and awards including the John Fritz Medal and election to the National Academy of Engineering.

Lynn S. Beedle Awards

2003 Dr. Lynn S. Beedle, Late Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University

2004 Dr. George C. Lee, Former Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at SUNY- Buffalo

2005 Dr. George J. Tamaro, Partner, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, NYC, NY

2006 Dr. Anthony G. Collins, President, Clarkson University, Potsdam,NY

2007 Dr. John W. Fisher, Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Dan M. Frangopol

Received the 2008 Senior Award of the International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, June 2008

Awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) Degree by the University of Ličge, Belgium, March 2008
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Received the Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award for Research at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England, March 2008

Received the Elsevier Munro Prize for the best paper of the year published in Engineering Structures, May 2008

Received the 2007 Ernest E. Howard Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, May 2007
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		AWARDS *Lynn S. Beedle Distinguished Civil and Environmental Engineer Award* The Lynn S. Beedle Award is named for the late professor of civil engineering at Lehigh and founder of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. This award, endowed by gifts from the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at Lehigh University in 2003, is given annually to honor a Lehigh University Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate or faculty member for outstanding achievements in, and contributions to the advancement of the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The award is made annually to an individual(s) for outstanding achievements in, and contributions to the advancement of Civil and Environmental Engineering in education, scholarship, professional leadership, industrial achievement, or a combination of these. The 2007 Award was presented by Professor John Wilson to Professor Emeritus John W. Fisher. The plaque is inscribed as follows. LYNN S. BEEDLE Distinguished CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AWARD John W. Fisher, 2007 Recipient of the award, is recognized for: His innovative and internationally recognized research in steel structures, structural connections, fatigue and fracture, and bridge engineering. His 40 years of outstanding leadership of major research programs at Lehigh University, including the Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS). His many contributions to the knowledge and practice of structural engineering have been recognized with numerous honors and awards including the John Fritz Medal and election to the National Academy of Engineering. Lynn S. Beedle Awards 2003 Dr. Lynn S. Beedle, Late Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University 2004 Dr. George C. Lee, Former Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at SUNY- Buffalo 2005 Dr. George J. Tamaro, Partner, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, NYC, NY 2006 Dr. Anthony G. Collins, President, Clarkson University, Potsdam,NY 2007 Dr. John W. Fisher, Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Dan M. Frangopol Received the 2008 Senior Award of the International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, June 2008 Awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) Degree by the University of Ličge, Belgium, March 2008 See more details>> Received the Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award for Research at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England, March 2008 Received the Elsevier Munro Prize for the best paper of the year published in Engineering Structures, May 2008 Received the 2007 Ernest E. Howard Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, May 2007 See more details>>