The Association of State Dam Safety Officials presents awards to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of dam safety each year. Among this year’s award winners is a Fort Worth civil engineer/geotechnical specialist and an Oklahoma hydraulics expert.
ASDSO’s Board of Directors selected three new 2009 ASDSO honorary members including Danny K. McCook, an independent consultant specializing in geotechnical review and design of earthen embankments and levees. McCook retired in October 2008 after working for more than 40 years as a civil engineer and geotechnical specialist with the National Design, Construction, and Soil Mechanics Center of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Fort Worth.