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Deep Foundations Institute’s Educational Trust announces scholarship named after Stanley Merjan, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE
 Stanley Merjan, a Senior Consultant at Underpinning & Foundation Skanska (UFS), has been with working in the geo-profession since he graduated in 1948 from the City College of New York (CCNY) with a B.C.E. In 1953, he began as a field superintendant with UFS. Merjan recently contributed to the CCNY Civil Engineering Scholarship and because of his generous donation, it was decided to name the scholarship fund in his honor. The scholarship is intended to fund at least two undergraduate engineers to further their education in the geo-profession at CCNY. To read more about Stanley Merjan and the CCNY Civil Engineering Scholarship, please click here.
Thomas G. Krzewinski, D.GE, named president of the International Association of Cold Regions
Thomas G. Krzewinski of Golder Associates Inc. in Anchorage was selected as the new president of the International Association of Cold Regions Development Studies (IACORDS). IACORDS held its meeting during the 9th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development (ISCORD 2010),
June 1-6, 2010, in Yakutsk, Russia. For more information about IACORDS and their involvement in the geo-profession, please click here.
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