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Eugene B. Waggoner
Pages 232-237

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... Bureau of Reclamation, where he was a staff geologist in the Office of Chief Engineer and Assistant Commissioners, with technical control of engineering geology in western Reclamation Regions II and III. His responsibilities in this work included coordination of geologic work on the boundary between the United States and Mexico and of the Snowy Mountain Diversion Project for the government of Australia.
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... His work ultimately brought meaning and demonstrated the value of practical, understandable consulting geologic service to grouncIwater development and control in the United States and foreign countries. Because he was an advocate of a multidisciplinary approach to distribution, conservation, power generation, and pollution control of water, he was called upon to lead assignments on projects such as the West Pakistan Salinity Control and Reclamation Project, the Bhumipol Dam and Power plant in ThailancI, and similar major projects worldwide.
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... He was requested to peer review more than a dozen ASFE anti ACEC firms, another measure of the respect with which he was held within the profession. He also gave unstintingly of his time to various other professional organizations, including the Association of Arnerican Geologists, International Society of Rock Mechanics, International Commission on Large Dams, and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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... 236 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES Mr. Waggoner is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Wini, of Vallejo, California; two daughters, Diana Davies of Dixon, California, and Teri Nebeker of Sacramento, California; a son, Alan, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and six grandchildren.
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