Background
Hough, James Emerson was born on July 25, 1930 in Paducah, Kentucky, United States. Son of Winfred Cyril and Goldie Bernice (Stewart) Hough.
Hough, James Emerson was born on July 25, 1930 in Paducah, Kentucky, United States. Son of Winfred Cyril and Goldie Bernice (Stewart) Hough.
AS, Paducah Junior College, 1951. Bachelor of Science, University Kentucky, 1953. Master of Science, University Kentucky, 1958.
Geologist, Tennessee Valley Authority, Lexington, Kentucky, 1958-1959; soils engineer, Kentucky Department highways, Lexington and Frankfurt, Kentucky, 1959-1960; assistant district soils engineer, Illinois Division highways, Paris, 1960-1963; geological engineer, Geo-Engineering laboratories, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1963; chief soils engineer, Earth Science laboratories, Cincinnati, 1963; owner, James E. Hough & Associations, Cincinnati, since 1963; owner, joint venture Enterprises, Cincinnati, since 1983; owner, Criterium-Hough Engineers, since 1985. Lecturer emeritus, U. Cincinnati.
Co-chairman Earthwork Regulations Task Force, City of Cincinnati, 1973-1974, member Earth Movement Working Team, 1982-1983, Earthwork Regulations Team, 1982-1988, Geotechnical Subsection Committee, City Cincinnati, 1988-1989. Consultant land use committee Cincinnati Hillside Trust, since 1988. Advisor Earth Movement Task Force, Hamilton County, Ohio and Cincinnati, 1982.
With United States Army, C.E., 1953-1955. Fellow Geological Society of America. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Consultant Engineers Council, Association Soil and Foundation Engineers, Association Engineering Geologists, International Society Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineers, International Association Engineering Geologists, Order of Engineer, DAV, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Masons.
Married Valeska Marie Runge, August 11, 1956. Children: Jerome Kevin, Christopher Kendall.