Was Recognized as international expert in the field of soil mechanics
(1912 – 2008) The last of the first generation of Geotechnical Engineers who were teachers at the same time…
Many links about Peck
This award was established in 1999 by the Geo-Institute of the Society in honor of Ralph B. Peck, Hon.M.ASCE.
By John Dunnicliff and Nancy Peck Young.
Ralph B. Peck, Professor Emeritus of Foundation Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign died of congestive heart failure on February 18, 2008, at his home in Albuquerque , New Mexico . He was born in Winnipeg , Canada.
