Abstract :
At the opening session of the Annual Convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Cleveland, Ohio, July 9th, five Phebe Hobson Fowler medal awards were made for special achievements by engineers; Arthur W. Berresford, President of the Institute for the period 1920–1921, and, since his retirement from the presidency of American Engineering Council, Managing Director of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, was presented with the gold bronze medal First Prize “In recognition of his particularly efficient administration of American Engineering Council during the past two years;” the second silver bronze medal award was to J. Vipond Davies, President of Jacobs and Davies Inc., Consulting Engineers, Past-President of the United Engineering Society and Member of the Research Board of Engineering Foundation; the medals of architectural award were presented to Morris Goodkind, for his design of the Raritan River Bridge; Professor Charles M. Spofford, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology for design of the Lake Champlain Bridge; and G. F. Burch, bridge engineer of the Illinois Department of Public Works, for the design of the Dixon Springs Bridge.
