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Edward John Cleary
Pages 74-79

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... States and the creator of the ORSANCO Robot Monitor System, a set of devices that maintains cIay-ancI-night river quality vigilance, diect on March 3i, i984. A dedicated and pleasant man, Ed Cleary was instrumental in blazing new trails in the water pollution control arena and cleveloping innovations that have been approved and implemented on an international basis.
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... Department of the Interior, joined in this water control effort, which has succeeded in safeguarding the regional water resources of the Ohio River. The successful operation of the Ohio Valley program involved uniting the water supply needs of eleven million people ant]
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... CIeary retired from the stab of ORSANCO, which he hacl served as executive director and chief engineer until 1967, when he relinquished his administrative duties to become a consultant to the commission. An excerpt from the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Council minutes of September 15, 1971, reveals how Dr.
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... His honorary memberships incluclec! the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Water Works Association, the Water Pollution Control Federation, the British Institute of Sewage Purification, and the Engineering Society of Cincinnat~.
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... We believe, however, that the richest rewards and highest praises due him reside in the silent gratitude in the hearts of the many people whose well-being has been heightened, in part at least, as a result of his monumental efforts in connection with the noble task of improving and preserving the God-given supply of water upon which life depends.
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