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Richard Pierce, P.E.

Posted by admin on 12/29/2012 12:00 am  

Richard Clayton Pierce passed away December 29, 2012 at the age of 90. Dick was born September 15, 1922 in Tyler, TX. He was a member of ASCE and Rotary International. Dick served in the U.S. Coast Guard on a destroyer escort in the European Theater of Operations, serving as a torpedo mate and gunn...

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December Meeting Speaker

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Keynote Session

December Meeting December 10th, Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum Hotel Main Speaker: Lesley Schwalje, P.E. Topic: Dallas Levee Project Lesley Schwalje is a project manager with HNTB Corporation with nearly 15 years of consulting experience in Kansas City and Dallas. Her experience includes trans...

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December Meeting Sponsor Is HNTB

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Meeting Host

For nearly a century, HNTB has exceeded client expectations in the delivery of infrastructure. With client relationships spanning decades, we understand infrastructure life cycles and have the perspective to solve technical challenges with clarity and imagination. We see and help address far-reachin...

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Texas Section Update

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Texas Section

Contact your Texas Section Director, Brad Hernandez [email protected] for more information.SAVE THE DATE! 2013 TEXAS SECTION SPRING CONFERENCE AND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: MARCH 19-23, 2013 IN CORPUS CHRISTICome to Corpus Christi - the Sparkling City by the Sea - and be part of the Texas Sec...

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Younger Members Update

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Younger Members

The Dallas ASCE Younger Member group volunteered with Metrocrest Social Services on November 17th. Our group joined several other volunteer teams to load dry food and frozen turkeys to needing families for Thanksgiving. Metrocrest Social Services started car side distribution this year and our gro...

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Education Chair Update

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Education Outreach

Educational/Outreach Volunteering Opportunities Coming UpOn Friday, December 14, we will present at the Ben Milam Elementary School Career Day. We will show the students what we do as Civil Engineers, and encourage them to pursue the field with some hands on activities. We will present at the scho...

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Call for Nominations: Dallas Branch Awards for Outstanding Civil Engineers

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Awards

Each year the ASCE Dallas Branch recognizes two individuals for outstanding service to the profession and the community. The Honors Committee is calling on you to nominate your colleagues and mentors for the 2013 Outstanding Engineer of the Year and 2013 Outstanding Young Engineer of the Yearawards ...

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Membership Update

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

Howdy from the Dallas ASCE Branch! Have you renewed your ASCE membership for 2013 yet? If you renew by December 14th, you will be entered into ASCE's 2013 Member Renewal Contest where you could win a prize of $101! Fifteen new winners are being chosen randomly each week from among all renewing me...

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Scholarship Update

Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Scholarships

Greetings from the Scholarship Committee! Thank you to all of you that support our fundraising by purchasing raffle tickets at the general meeting each month. Your may have noticed last month that you now have the opportunity to pre-purchase raffle tickets while you are pre-registering for the meeti...

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Posted by jen on 11/30/2012 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

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