Background
Boyle, William Charles was born on April 9, 1936 in Minneapolis. Son of Robert William and Daphne Jennette (Connell) Boyle.
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William Charles Boyle
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Civil Engineering, U. Cincinnati, 1959; Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering, University Cincinnati, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering, California Institute Technology, 1963.
Career
With, Milwaukee Sewerage Commission, 1955-1956;
civil engineer, O. G. Loomis & Sons, Covington, Kentucky, 1956-1959;
assistant engineer, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, summer 1959;
assistant professor department engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1966;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1970;
professor department civil and environmental engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970-1996;
department chairman civil and environmental engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984-1986;
associate chair, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1988-1996;
emeritus professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1996. Visiting professor Rogaland Distriktshogskole, Stavanger, Norway, 1975-1976. Visiting principal engineer Montgomery Engineers Inc., Pasadena, California, 1988-1989.
Consultant Procter & Gamble Company, Monsanto Company, Bachelor of Science Foot Tanning Company, Wisconsin Canners & Freezers Association, Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Oscar Mayer & Company, Bartlett-Snow, Hide Service Corporation, W.R. Grace & Company, Lake to Lake Dairies, Milwaukee Tallow, Wausau Paper Company, Packerland Packing Company, Ray-O-Vac, United States Army CERL, Owen Ayres & Associations, Donohue Engineers, Davy Engineers, Carl C. Crane, Green Engineering, RSE division Ayres & Associations, Schreiber Corporation Inc., Sanitaire, J.M. Montgomery, Engineers, Polkowski, Boyle, & Associations, Rust E&I. Member peer review panel on environmental engineering Environmental Protection Agency. Accreditation visitor Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Senior warden St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, 1972-1974, treasurer, 1979-1985. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (Wisconsin chapter, advisor University of Wisconsin student chapter 1968-1971, chairman student affairs committee 1970-1972, chairman professional activities committee 1972-1974, national, control member technical council on codes and standards-environmental standards, chairman, member various committees, reviewer EED Journal, Rudolf Hering medal 1975, engineering achievement award from Wisconsin chapter 1986, Engineer of Year award Wisconsin section 1998), Water Environment Federation (research committee, joint task force-pretreatment of wastewater, technical practice committee-energy in treatment plant design, author Manual of Practice Design Wastewater Treatment Plants, chairman program committee, member board control, since 1996, journal reviewer, chairman technical practice committee task force on aeration, Radebaugh award 1978, member Eddy award committee since 1992, Harrison Prescot Eddy research medal 1989, chairman research symposia, Gordon Maskew Fair medal for environmental engineering education, 1992, Eddy award committee), American Water Works Association (chairman task group on oxygen transfer, editorial board), American Academy Environ.Engrs. (diplomate, accreditation visiting for Accreditation Board Engineering and Technology, chairman education committee 1993, trustee 1994-1997, president-elect 1998, representative board directors Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, since 1994), American Foundrymen's Society (commission on waste disposal, Outstanding Research Paper award environmental central division 1989), Sigma Xi, Theta Tau, Phi Eta Sigma, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi.
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Married Nancy Lee Hahn, April 11, 1959. Children— Elizabeth Lynn, Michele Jenette, Jane Lynette, Robert William.
