Current Recipient

• Professional Engineer of the Year 2023

  Donald G. Anderson, Ph. D., P. E., G. E.

  Jacobs Engineering Group

  

  Donald G. Anderson, Jacobs Engineering Group, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Professional Engineer of the Year Award in recognition of his outstanding service to the engineering profession and his lifetime achievements in the geotechnical design of numerous infrastructure projects throughout the Pacific Northwest including transportation, water storage and conveyance, wastewater treatment, and environmental restoration.

  He has a long history of providing geotechnical engineering leadership and consultation on major projects in the Seattle area, as well as projects across the United States and Canada. He provides specialized expertise in the areas of earthquake engineering and soil dynamics. His work on highway and bridge projects involved geotechnical design of cut and fill slopes, approach fills, deep foundations, spread footings, and retaining walls. His work on port and harbor projects included design of deep foundations, embankment stability analysis, dredging studies, pile installation monitoring, and pile-load testing. His work on water storage and treatment facilities involved determination of foundation support requirements, earth pressures on buried walls, and seismic design criteria.

  He has been actively involved in the advancement of geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics. He participated in the development of seismic ground motion design requirements included in the International Building Code and in United States and Canadian Building Codes. He has been an active participant in community affairs and technical society engagement. He has served as vice-chair and chair of the Seattle area American Society of Civil Engineers Geotechnical Group as well as a board director of the group.

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Award Criteria

• Nominee is a professional engineer.
• Has made significant contributions in the application of engineering to meeting community needs.
• Has significantly advanced the art of engineering.
• Has actively participated in community affairs and technical societies.

Past Recipients

• 2022 – M. Lee Marsh, Ph. D., P.E. – WSP USA, Inc.
• 2020 – Andrew W. Taylor, Ph. D., P.E., S.E., KPFF Consulting Engineers
• 2019 – John H. Clark, P. E., S. E.
• 2018 – David B. Swanson, P.E., S.E., Reid Middleton, Inc.
• 2017 – Mark D’Amato, P.E., S.E., DCI Engineers
• 2016 – Vladimir Shepsis, PhD, PE Coast and Harbor Engineering, Inc.
• 2015 – Ron Klemencic, PE, SE – Magnusson Klemencic Associates
• 2014 – Robert F. Mast, P.E., S.E. – Berger ABAM
• 2013 – Harvey W. Parker, Ph. D., P. E., D. GE. – Harvey Parker & Associates, Inc.
• 2012 – John V. Christiansen, P. E. – Skilling and Helle
• 2011 – John Tawresey, S.E., P.E. – KPFF Consulting Engineers
• 2010 – Raymond Walton, PhD, P.E., D.WRE – WEST Consultants
• 2009 – Neil A. Norman, P.E., FNSPE
• 2008 – John D. Hooper, P.E., S.E. – Magnusson Klemencic Associates
• 2007 – Alan Werner PE
• 2006 – W. Paul Grant PE – PanGEO
• 2005 – Don Northey, PE – TranSystems
• 2004 – Nancy E Duevel PE – Brown & Caldwell
• 2003 – Jon D. Magnusson PE – Skilling, Ward, Magnusson
• 2002 – Roger C. Young PE – ELCON Associates
• 2001 – Edwin T. Huston PE – Smith-Houston
• 2000 – Milton A. Tiede PE – The Boeing Company
• 1999 – Robert N. Parnell PE – R N Parnell Company
• 1998 – Robert W. Walker PE – The Boeing Company
• 1997 – Wally F. Urbick PE – The Boeing Company
• 1996 – Theodore O. Wright PE – The Boeing Company
• 1995 – Kenneth W. Porter PE – Pulse Turbine Ltd.
• 1994 – Roy Avent PE – Louis Warner Co.
• 1993 – Anne Symonds PE – Anne Symonds & Associates
• 1992 – Noel Ralph Adams PE – AHBL Inc.
• 1991 – William D. Ward PE – Skilling, Ward, Magnusson, Barkshire
• 1990 – Ark G. Chin PE-Kramer, Chin & Mayo
• 1989 – Thomas J. Martin PE – The Boeing Company
• 1988 – Paul C. Juhasz PE – Wash. State Energy Off., retired
• 1987 – Marie Ann Huff PE – Chute Engineering
• 1986 – Ernest F. Dodge PE – URS Corporation
• 1985 – Kenneth L. McGowan PE – McGowan Broz Engineer
• 1984 – Jack F. Eisenhawer PE – Bouillon Christofferson & Schairer
• 1983 – G. W. Van Wierenger PE – Entranco Engineers
• 1983 – M. Delles PE – Entranco Engineers
• 1982 – Luke Zankich PE – Marine Power & Equipment
• 1981 – Robert Bergseth PE – University of Washington
• 1980 – Arthur B. Sirjord PE – The Richardson Associates
• 1979 – Martin J. Boivin PE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• 1978 – Arvid Grant PE – Arvid Grant & Associates, Inc
• 1977 – Thomas E. Sparling PE – Sparling & Associates, Inc
• 1976 – John Stuart Miller PE – Thompson, Miller & Lyons
• 1975 – Lawrence M. Baugh PE – Baugh Construction Co.
• 1974 – Frederic L.S. Salinger PE – Port of Seattle
• 1973 – Charles V. (Tom) Gibbs PE – Metro
• 1972 – Cecil L. Browder PE – Cecil L. Browder & Associates
• 1971 – Phillip F. Spaulding PE – Phillip Spaulding & Associates
• 1970 – Lincoln Bouillon PE – Bouillon Christofferson & Schairer
• 1969 – Daniel J. Evans PE – Governor & U.S. Senator