Bridge engineer Jean Muller, 80, named by ENR in 1999 as one of the industrys top 125 leaders, died March 17 at his home in France.
Mullers 55-year career included prominent projects worldwide. A protégé of Eugene Freyssinet, the inventor of modern prestressed concrete, he is credited with the match-cast precast segmental construction method for concrete bridges, first implemented in 1962 for the Choisy Le Roy Bridge in France. He also designed Normandys Brotonne Bridge, the first concrete box-girder with a single plane of cable stays.