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Sidney Eugene Scisson
Pages 206-209

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... He reached the top in an exciting field into which few others had ventured. His innovative methods in attacking difficult engineering problems, particularly in construction of underground facilities, made it possible to complete difficult projects in a timely fashion.
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... He was inducted into the Hall of Distinction of Arkansas State Universit,vand receivedArkansas Tech University's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1979. Scisson was a member of the Atlas Life Insurance Company board of directors and a past director of the Bank of Oklahoma.
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... It was my good fortune to view one of his projects being carried out near the Arctic Circle, a project requiring meeting "impossible" deadlines involving high-priority defense considerations. I still treasure a gift of a granite core sample from the deep drilling operation.
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