Structural Engineering Expert Chuck Salmon, 83 and Ethics Advocate Louis Guy, 76, Are Dead
Charles G. "Chuck" Salmon, an emeritus civil-environmental engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he had taught for nearly 40 years, andnoted author of widely-used textbooks on concrete design, steel structures and structural analysis, was found dead on April 28 at his Las Vegas home. Details were not disclosed. Salmon was active in several industry groups, a past president of the civil engineering honor society Chi Epsilon, and recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction and the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers. He was known for his student mentoring skills, serving coffee to students in his 7:45 a.m. courses to keep them awake through lectures, says former colleague Jeffrey S. Russell, now a UW vice provost.