1939 – 2024 John Read graduated from Canterbury University with an MSc in Geology in 1964. His lasting professional legacy from 60 years of engineering geology practice for civil and mining primarily includes the Large Open Pits (LOP) Project, a programme…
29 September 1963 – 21 October 2024 It is with sadness that the Bay of Plenty branch of NZGS advise of the passing of Steve Raynor after a short battle with cancer. Steve was a past chair of the local Engineering NZ committee and worked…
14 January 1958 – 20 October 2024 The Bay of Plenty branch wishes to advise members of the passing of a valued colleague from our region. Michael O’Brien began his New Zealand career in Wellington at Beca in 2000. Michael moved to Connell Wagner in…
Written by Royden Thomson Bill was born in California in June 1931 and slipped away in Ashland, Oregon, on the 3 March 2024 after a lifelong career “bashing rocks” in a wide range of applied and research situations. He was awarded the first engineering geology…
23 December 1983 – 3 April 2024 ME (Hydropower Development), BE(Hons) (Civil), CPEng, CMEngNZ, IntPE(NZ) Member NZ Geotechnical Society, Member NZ Hydropower Group, Member of NZ Society on Large Dams (Management Committee Member) Scott had an extraordinary career fuelled by his passion for challenging engineering…
Michele Jamiolkowski was born in 1932 in Poland, where he spent his early years; he studied at Warsaw Technical University, obtaining a master’s degree in Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology in 1959. As a young geotechnical engineer decided to forge strong international links, many of…
Wayne was a senior associate geotechnical engineer at Beca, based in Auckland – he had been part of the Beca whanau for over 25 years. He died after falling into a gully while descending from the summit of Mt Ngauruhoe in the Taupo Volcanic Zone. …
19 June 1943 – 15 December 2021 Michael John Pender, or Mick to his friends, colleagues, and students, obtained his BE(Hons) and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury in 1966 and 1971, respectively. In 1972, he received a post-doctoral fellowship at the…
20 November 1930 to 15 December 2021 David was one of Australia’s foremost engineering geologists with a career spanning more than 50 years. An extraordinary human being as well as an extraordinary geologist, David was a legend in both Australia and New Zealand. His career…
Prof. Paul Marinos passed away in Athens on 9 October 2021, after being awarded the title of the Honorary President of the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) at the 3rd European Conference of the IAEG on October 8th. Prof Marinos was…
