PEOPLE & COMPANIES Elio “D’App” D’Appolonia, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, Hon.M.ASCE, died on December 30, 2015, at age 97. D’App was known around the world for his pioneering work in the areas of dams and tailings disposal, and heavily-load foundations for industrial facilities. D’App was born the son of Italian immigrants in Crow’s Nest Pass near Coleman, Alberta, Canada. He received a B.S. (1942) and an M.S. (1946) in civil engineering, both from the University of Alberta. In the summer of 1946, D’App moved his family to Illinois, where he completed his doctorate (1948) at the University of Illinois, working with an early version of the finite element analysis method. After his Ph.D. studies, D’App moved his family to Pittsburgh, Pa., and devoted the next eight years to teaching and research at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). From 1950 to 1956, he was a part-time consultant on projects involving structural and soil mechanics. In 1956, DApp stepped down as a fulltime professor to start a consulting engi- neering practice, which later became D’Appolonia Consulting Engineers. As a con- sultant, D ’App embraced challenging and difficult client projects, and finding creative solutions for them. D ’App made seminal contributions to the fields of geotechnical ’ and foundation engineering. Over the years, he received numerous awards, including the Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award and 24 Terzaghi Lecturer from ASCE, election th into the National Academy of Engineering, and honorary doctorates from CMU and the University of Genoa, Italy. He was also a founding member of ASFE (now the Geoprofessional Business Association) and was DFIs first John Mitchell Lecturer. ’ of-record on numerous projects for many public and private-sector clients. He has also conducted extensive research on these systems on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Bonaparte was a charter member of the University of California, Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni, the 2000 recipient of the ASCE James R. Croes Medal and was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2007. ASCE honored Jerry A. DiMaggio, P.E., D.GE, with the 2016 Outstan- ding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) leadership award for government. DiMaggio is a principal engineer at Applied Research Associates, working in the research and technology deployment group. Previously, DiMaggio served as the implementation coordinator for the Second Strategic High- way Research Program at the National Academies in Washington, D.C., and as national program manager for geotechnical engineering at the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. DOT. He has significantly contributed to the development of American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Load Resistance Factor Design specifications for more than 20 years. He also has been a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Delaware, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Akron and Columbia University. DiMaggio has also earned ASCE’s Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Adminis- trator’s Award and the International Geosynthetics Society Achievement Medal. President, CEO and prin- cipal of Geosyntec Consul- tants in Atlanta, Rudolph Bonaparte, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, NAE, was honored by ASCE as one of five 2016 Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) leadership award winners. Bonaparte has extensive experience in the siting, design, permitting, construction and closure of municipal, hazardous, and radioactive waste landfills and liquid impoundments. He is regarded as a national leader in the design and performance evaluation of waste-containment systems for all types of solid waste landfills. He has directed, managed and served as engineer- David B. Paul, P.E., was elevated to special assis- tant for dam safety at the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neer’s (USACE) head- quarters in Washington, D.C. He is responsible for managing the USACE’s portfolio of 709 dams. Paul is a national specialist on critical infrastructure design, dam design, levee design, construction engineering, engineering risk assessments, interim risk reduction measures (IRRM), and dam and levee safety modifications performed as part of USACE dam safety management activities. He regularly advises USACE leadership on issues related to dam and levee safety. Paul also serves as a technical expert for design and construction of dam modifications in Iraq and Afghanistan for USACE. He helps lead the USACE Senior Oversight Group with reviewing recommendations for portfolio prioritization and risk reduction measures. Paul helped lead implemen- tation of construction risk analysis procedures and is leading efforts to develop a new USACE Engineering Manual (EM) titled Seepage Control Cutoffs for Dams and Levees. He also serves as chair for DFI’s Seepage Control Working Group. Frederic Masse was appointed the new presi- dent of Menard Group USA, which includes DGI-Menard and US Wick Drain. Masse, who previously held the position of executive DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAR/APR 2016 • 109
