Background
Loucks, Daniel Peter was born on June 4, 1932 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Emerson Hunsberger and Eleanor Wright (Johnson) Loucks.
Environmental systems engineer
Loucks, Daniel Peter was born on June 4, 1932 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Emerson Hunsberger and Eleanor Wright (Johnson) Loucks.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1954; Master of Science, Yale University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1965.
Assistant professor environmental engineering Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1965-1970, associate professor, 1970-1974, professor, since 1974, chairman department, 1974-1980, associate dean research and graduate studies College Engineering, 1980-1981. Research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968. Economist International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, 1972-1973.
Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1977-1978. Research scholar International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1981-1982. Visiting distinguished professor University Colorado, 1992, University Adelaide, 1992, Technology University Aachen, Germany, 1993, 2010, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 1995.
Maass/White fellow United States Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resurces, 2002. Consultant North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Nations, World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Educational, IRBD on water resources and regional development projects in Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America, since 1970, Environmental Protection Agency on water quality planning Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1975-1977. Visiting professor International Institute Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, 1976-1980, 86—.
Environmental advisory board United States Army Corps Engineers, 1994-1998, chairman 1996-1998. Director North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Research Workshops, 1990, 95. Captain United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1981.
Board of directors Wilderness Corporation, Plymouth, Vermont, 1968-1996, treasurer, 1987-1996. President Cmty. Improvement Association, Ithaca, 1976-1977. Captain, aviator United States Naval Reserve,1956-1981.
Fellow and honorary member American Society of Civil Engineers (Walter Huber research award 1970, Julian Hinds award 1986). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Engineering, American Geophysical Union, Institute Management Sciences, International Water Resources Association, American Water Resources Association, International Association Hydraulic Research, International Association Hydrologic Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Marjorie Ann Grant, June 24, 1967. Children: Jennifer Lee, Susan Louise.