THE AMERICAN SHORE AND BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION PROUDLY PRESENTS
THE 2016 MORROUGH P. O'BRIEN AWARD
TO
J. RICHARD WEGGEL, PH.D.
WHEREAS, Dr. J. Richard Weggel has spent more than 50 years working in governmental and academic arenas to further the state of the knowledge of coastal engineering; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Weggel was a hydraulic engineer with the Coastal Engineering Research Center involved with the development of the internationally recognized "Shore Protection Manual" in 1970; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Weggel served in many leadership roles at the Coastal Engineering Research Center including Special Assistant to the Commander and Director advising Corps District and Division offices on complex coastal engineering problems, Technical Assistant to the Chief of the Engineering Development Division, and Chief of the Evaluation Branch of the Engineering Development Division; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Weggel was a Professor of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Drexel University for more than three decades, with a list of publications exceeding 95 entries, at least five of which appeared in Shore & Beach; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Weggel has worked on many projects in the Northeast U.S. and internationally, for private clients as well as municipalities and the federal government; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Weggel has been an active member of the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association since 1980 and was a board member for 20 years. He has also been the vice president of the Northeast Chapter of the ASBPA since its inception in 1997, and is influential in the planning and execution of of all chapter conferences.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that for these and other contributions too numerous to name, Dr. Weggel has served to further the mission and ideals of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. As president of the ASBPA, on this 27th day of October 2016, it is my honor to present Dr. J. Richard Weggel with the Morrough P. O'Brien Award for this estimable body of achievements.
ANTHONY PRATT, PRESIDENT