Background
Delleur, Jacques William was born on December 30, 1924 in Paris. Son of Georges Leon and Simone (Rossum) Delleur. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1957.
Delleur, Jacques William was born on December 30, 1924 in Paris. Son of Georges Leon and Simone (Rossum) Delleur. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1957.
Civil and Mining Engineer, National University Colombia, 1949. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1950. Doctor of Engineering Science, Columbia University, 1955.
Civil engineer R.J. Tipton and Associates, 1950—1952. From research assistant to instructor civil engineering and engineering mechanics Columbia University, 1952—1955. Member faculty Purdue University, 1955—1995, professor hydraulic engineering and hydrology, 1963—1995, professor emeritus hydraulic engineering, since 1995, head hydromechanics and water resources area, 1965—1976, head hydraulic and systems engineering area, 1981—1990, 1991—1992.
Associate director Purdue University Water Resources Research Center, 1971—1989, acting director, 1983. Researcher fluid mechanics University Grenoble, France, 1961-1962, hydrology and environmental fluid mechanics French National Hydraulics Laboratory, Chatou, France, 1968-1969, 76-77, statistical hydrology University Brussels, Belgium, 1991. National Science Foundation senior exchange scientist University Grenoble, France, 1983-1984.
Visiting professor University Quebec, Canada, 1996—2005, Vrije University, Brussels, 1991—2005. Member science council Revue des Sciences de L'eau/Water Sciences Science Interest Group/National Institute of Science Research, Quebec, since 1988. Visiting lecturer Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, 1991, 93, 95, 97.
Coordinator Consortium of the United States and European Community Universities for Scholar and Multimedia Exchs. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering and Sciences, 1998-2003.
Fellow Indiana Academy of Sciences. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (Freeman fellow 1961-1962, chairman fluid dynamics committee 1964-1966, task committee mechanics of turbulence 1964-1969, task committee hydraulics of bridges 1963-1968, task committee on rehabilitation urban drainage infrastructure 1988-1990, co-chairman task committee on urban drainage rehabilitation and techniques 1990-1994, chairman committee urban water resources 1994-1995, chairman committee sediment movement in urban drainage system 1998-2003, international board advisors Journal Hydrologic Engineering since 1996, Service to the Profession award 2000, Ven Te Chow Hydrology award 2002, Type 2 award, Environmental and Water Resources Institute, 2003), American Geophysical Union (chairman urban hydrology committee 1978-1983), American Water Resources Association, American Society Engineering Education, International Association Hydraulic Research (United States delegate joint committee on urban storm drainage with International Association Water Quality 1987-1993), International Association Science Hydrology, Indiana Water Resources Association (Charles Harold Bechert award 1992), Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association (president 2007-2008).
Married DeLores Ann Horne, June 18, 1957. Children: James Robert, Ann Marie.