Barry K. Thacker, P.E.
Sixty-first Hoover Medalist
New York
Hoover Medal Board of Award
MMIII
"For successfully applying his engineering judgment, skill,
and ingenuity to meet the social,
physical, educational, and environmental
needs
of the people of the
Appalachian Coal Creek Watershed, while,
in the process,
creating recognition of
and admiration
for the profession of engineering and the
letters P.E."
Thacker
(back center) on a field trip with
students discussing the history behind the
legends of the Coal Creek miners
Thacker (far right) and other volunteers
at a bank stabilization project adjacent
to homes along Coal Creek
Information about the on-going service projects in Coal Creek can be found at www.coalcreekaml.com. Details regarding the Hoover Medal can be found HERE.
For more details,
contact Carol Moore at
(865) 584-0344 or
clmoore@geoe.com.
Front of Medal
Back of Medal
Thacker
receives award from Beatrice Hunt (Left) of the Hoover Medal Board of Award,
and Patricia Galloway, P.E. ASCE National President at ASCE National Meeting
in Nashville on 15 November 2003.
