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He had known for several years that the end was inevitable, yet with characteristic strength of will he actively participated in consulting and research activities until a few months before his death. He was the Gordon McKay Professor of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Emeritus at Harvard University.
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In 1936 he organized at Harvard the first International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. The success of this conference established the place of soil mechanics in engineering practice throughout the world.
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. Professor Casagrande was the recipient of many awards and prizes, including the first Karl Terzaghi Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1963, the Moles Non-Member Award in 1976, the Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1968, and a number of medals and prizes for papers before engineering societies.
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44 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES neers, the Soil Mechanics Society of Venezuela, the National Academy of Exact Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina, and the Mexican Soil Mechanics Society. He contributed more than 100 technical papers on soil mechanics and its applications.
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