Contributors
People who have contributed to this memorial website
The website was created in collaboration with Mrs. Nancy Peck-Young, daughter of Professor Ralph Peck. The website is sponsored by the Shamsher Prakash Foundation.
The website also benefited from an Advisory Panel that consisted of:
Prof. Edward J. Cording
Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Professor Ricardo Dobry
Professor, RPI
Dr. Suzanne Lacasse
Director, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
Prof. Shamsher Prakash
Emeritus Professor, University of Missouri-Rolla
If you have any information related to Prof. Peck, we invite you to share it with the Profession through this website and of course your contribution will be acknowledged. Please contact us.
Reference Publications
J. Dunnicliff and D.U. Deere, (1989). Judgment in Geotechnical Engineering — The Professional Legacy of Ralph B. Peck. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Elmo DiBiagio, Kaare Flaate, (2000). Publication No. 207: Ralph B. Peck — Engineer, Educator, A Man of Judgement. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo.
J. Dunnicliff and Nancy Peck Young, (2006). Ralph B. Peck, Educator and Engineer — "The Essence of the Man". BiTech Publishers Ltd. View →
Geo-Strata Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 7, September/October 2008. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Communications with other Contributors
Take a moment to review the listing of communications from individuals that contributed related interesting material to this website.
E-mail from Scott A. Barnhill
You may have this, but I have a quote from Peck that I framed over 30 years ago that I keep in mind as I practice – “Perhaps engineers trained in geology have an advantage. They are more likely to accept mother nature as…
— Scott A. Barnhill
E-mail from Vishnu Diyaljee
Hello Dimitros:Saw your news letter and thought I would share some information - photo and letter - that may be considered for Prof. Peck's Legacy Website. These are attached.I had the opportunity along with a few others…
— Vishnu Diyaljee
E-mail from Abouzar Sadrekarimi
Dear Mima Malakou:I just noticed the invitation to contribute in the Professor Ralph Peck’s Legacy website in Geoengineering.org. Being a graduate of University of Illinois I would be happy to contribute as much as I can…
— Abouzar Sadrekarimi
E-mail from Nancy Gavlin
Nancy,The Structural Engineers Foundation, based in Chicago, is the organization that sponsored the September 2000 discussion that featured your father, Chet Siess and Mete SozenI've attached to this email some files tha…
— Nancy Gavlin
E-mail from James E. Monsees
Nancy, I would be honored if you used the CD. Your Dad did so much for me and others - I would like the world to gain some appreciation !!!Cheers, Jim
— James E. Monsees
E-mail from George R. Compton III
Hello Dimitris -Hello. I did an interview of Dr. Peck in January 2004 that we ran in DFI's Deep Foundations Summer 2004 issue.I noted the website you are building and perhaps it might add to the collection. You will prob…
— George R. Compton III
E-mail from Shamsher Prakash
Dear Dmitris,Happy new Year.I attach a set of Pictures of Prof. Peck from the 1998 Case Histories, in St Louis, MO. You may please feel free to use theses for Peck’s website, as you please.I am searching more pictures, a…
— Shamsher Prakash