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'APPENDIX E: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LEVEE COMMITTEE MEMBERS'
Pages 102-105

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From page 102...
... Dr. James has been a major contributor to reports and studies concerning flood control structures such as "Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety," December 1978; "Federal Dam Safety: Report to OSTP Independent Review Panel," December 1978; "Flood Damage Mitigation in Utah," Utah Water Research Laboratory Report 1980; and many other text books and journal articles.
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From page 103...
... His nonacademic professional experience includes 12 years of work in state water resources planning, first as executive director of the Iowa Natural Resources Council and subsequently as executive director and chief engineer of the Kansas Water Resources Board; a tour as special assistant, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, and chairman, Committee on Water Resources Research, Federal Council of Science and Technology; numerous advisory consulting assignments with state, federal, and foreign agencies; and for the past 14 years as a water resources consultant to Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri. Some selected prior professional service activities include chairman, Interstate Conference on Water Problems, 1961; member, U.S.
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From page 104...
... Some of his professional consulting activities include: co-chairman of 1975 Engineering Foundation Conference on Floodplain Management; member, Water Quality Management Task Force, Denver Regional Water Quality Study (1976-78) ; chairman, Water Pollution Control Federal Committee on nonpoint sources of pollution (1978-81)
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From page 105...
... Technical Consultant George W Brazier, Jr., is a consulting civil engineer in private practice.
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