Background
Chadwick, Wallace Lacy was born on December 4, 1897 in Loring, Kansas, United States. Son of Perley C. and Anna Ruth (Lacy) Chadwick.
Chadwick, Wallace Lacy was born on December 4, 1897 in Loring, Kansas, United States. Son of Perley C. and Anna Ruth (Lacy) Chadwick.
Student, University Redlands, 1920. Doctor in Engineering Science (honorary), University Redlands, 1965.
Draftsman, division engineer hydro electric developers, Southern California Edison Company, 1922-1927;
transmission engineer, Southern California Edison Company, 1928-1931;
civil engineer, manager engineering department, Southern California Edison Company, 1938-1951;
vice president engineering and construction, Southern California Edison Company, 1951-1962;
engineer, Metropolitan Water District Southern California, 1931-1937;
international consultant in field, since 1962;
consultant, Churchill Falls Project Labrador, 1963-1990;
consultant, Bechtel Group, Bay Area Rapid Transit Project, San Francisco, 1964-1978;
Chairman of the Board engineering consultant, James Bay Hydroelectric Project, Quebec, Canada, 1972-1989;
consultant construction management, Washington Metro Area Rapid Transit System, 1975-1983;
chairman management review board, Jubail Indiana City Project, for Bechtel Group, Saudi Arabia, 1977-1987;
chairman management review board, Bechtel Group, South Texas Nuclear Power Project, Houston Light & Power Company, 1982-1988. Chairman Joint Research Council Power Plant Air Pollution Control, Los Angeles, 1956-1962. Member United States Executive Committee International Commision on Large Dams, 1970-1976, general reporter 12th Congress, Mexico City, 1976.
Member joint board environ.studies NAS and National Academy of Engineering, 1965-1969. Chairman independent panel to review cause of Teton Dam failure, 1976.
Trustee U. Redlands, 1937-1979, chairman of the board of trustees, 1956-1969. Member City Council, San Marino, California, 1963-1971. Served with United States Army, 1918.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers (president 1964-1965, Rickey award). Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary), National Academy of Engineering.
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Married Beulah Dye, October 15, 1921 (deceased). Children: Isabelle Ruth (deceased), Marilyn Joyce, Sandra Louise.