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degree in civil engineering in 1931 from the University of Minnesota. After working briefly with that state's highway department, he joined the Corps of Engineers in 1933 and continued his career with the Corps until retirement, only interrupted by two years of military service during World War II.
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The program was composed of more than 3,600 authorized projects having a total estimated construction cost of more than $23 billion and annual expenditures of t1 billion. It was the major federal program for development of the Nation's water resources, providing many benefits to the American people, such as flood control, navigation improvement, hydroelectric power development, water supply, water quality control, hurricane protection, beach erosion control, and recreation and conservation of land and water resources.
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He was recognized by his peers and received a number of honorary awards, including the Department of the Army Exceptional Civil Service Award. He was a Fellow of both the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Society of American Military Engineers and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1970.
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