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John Fisher Kennedy
John Fisher Kennedy
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BROOKS jOHN F KENNEDY, Hunter Rouse Professor of Hydraulics, University of Iowa; director emeritus, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research; and internationally known hydraulic engineer, died in Iowa City on December 13,1991, at the age of fifty-seven years.
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A portion of these papers dealt with aspects of alluvial streams, including sediment transport, beclforms, and flow in bends and meanders. These papers mostlywere fundamental in nature and tended to advance the understanding of the complicated erosion processes acting in rivers.
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Kennedy became a leading figure in ice hydraulics research. He was called on frequently to lecture on ice engineering and was instrumental in forming the International Association for Hydraulic Research Section on Ice Research and Engineering.
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Two years later in 1985 he was named honorary fellow of the Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power Research, Beijing, China, and was appointecI honorary professor by the East China Technical Universit,v of Water Resources, Nanjing, China. In the next year, 1986, he was named corresponding member of the Chinese Engineering Society.
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Lawrence Seaway Navigation Extension Season, 1975-1979, and Peer Review Group, Alden Research Laboratory Power Reactor Containment Sump Studies, Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Sandia Corp.,19811982. In addition, he served on the following international consulting boards: At, Team of Experts to Review Development of National Water Plan for Saudi Arabia, 1982-1991, Advisory Panel of International Experts for Three Gorges Dam Project (China)
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The following poem included in the introduction to his (loctoral thesis reflects his personality as well as his skill with words: SEDIMENT RESEARCH Sand in my hair, Sand in my teeth, Sand overhead, Sand underneath. Plugging the pitot, Abracling the pump, Clogging the samplers, Filling the sump.
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