College of Engineering Selects Three for 2006 Hall of Fame

Oct 15, 2006 - The College of Engineering held its annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 14 during which time they inducted three new members into the Hall of Fame. Jerry M. Calkins, Donald R. Lamb, and Calvin Vaudrey are the 2006 recipients of this outstanding lifetime achievement award.

Jerry M. Calkins

Jerry M. Calkins
B.S. Chemical Engineering 1964
M.S. Chemical Engineering 1966
Ph.D. Chemical and Biomedical Engineering 1969 - University of Maryland
Jerry M. Calkins received his B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from UW followed by a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Maryland. He completed medical school and a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Arizona. He has served as a military officer, faculty member of several colleges of engineering and medicine, a university department chairman, consultant, volunteer, corporate officer, member of the boards of research institutes, foundations, professional groups, profit and non-profit organizations. As a practicing physician and an engineer, his experience includes high pressure hydrogenation of coal, radioactive waste disposal, underground nuclear testing, reserve battery design, artificial organ research, anesthesia delivery and medical life support system development (one ventilator has been displayed at the Smithsonian Institute). He has authored two books and two editions of a four-volume encyclopedia of biomedical devices. Throughout his career, he has emphasized the application of technology to medicine especially in the areas of patient safety and the reduction of patient risk. He was one of the founding members of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and the Society for Technology in Anesthesia. His fondest accomplishments are as a husband, father, and grandfather.

Donald R. Lamb

B.A. cum laude-1947- Hastings College
B.S. General Engineering 1951
M.S.C.E. 1953
Professional Degree C.E. 1958
Ph.D.C.E. 1962 - Purdue
Donald R. Lamb was raised in Casper, Wyoming. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II as a B-24 navigator from 1942 to 1945. During this time he married Orla, his life partner and mother of his three children. He began his teaching career at UW, as a supply instructor in 1951. He was promoted to professor in 1961, was chairman of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering from 1964 to 1974, and remained on the faculty until 1981. As a registered Professional Civil Engineer, he focused his career on transportation engineering, teaching, and public service. He conducted research sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Wyoming Department of Transportation. He was a consulting civil engineer as a partner and then owner of Engineering Associates in Laramie between 1977 and 1985. This firm operates today as Coffey Engineering and Surveying under the ownership of his grandson. His public service included being elected a city councilman, a hospital board trustee, and a state legislator. He served on many boards and was a member of many professional societies. As a teacher he was known for his ability to illuminate and impart knowledge and formed many life long friendships with his students who can be found all over the world.

Calvin Vaudrey

B.S.C.E. 1948
M.S.C.E. 1950
Professional Engineering Degree 1954
Calvin Vaudrey was born in 1924 on a ranch north of Glendo, Wyoming. He graduated from Glendo public schools and entered the University of Wyoming in January 1946, after discharge from the Army Air Corps. He graduated from the UW in May 1948 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and continued his formal education at UW by earning his M.S. in 1950 and Ph.D. in 1954. Vaudrey joined the civil engineering staff at South Dakota State College in 1948 and continued teaching civil engineering and related subjects until spring 1957. He became a registered professional engineer in South Dakota in 1952 and followed with registration in Wyoming, Colorado, Minnesota, and Arizona. He established a private engineering office in Brookings, South Dakota in 1953 in partnership with J.T. Banner and Associates, a multi-discipline architectural engineering firm, and continued with the Banner organization until retirement in 1989. He became President of Banner and Associates in 1969 and of Horizons, Inc., a Banner subsidiary, in 1971. During his active years, Vaudrey served on board of directors and advisory boards for various corporations, foundations, government agencies, and other organizations. He enjoyed 54 years of married life until the death of his wife, Denice, in 1997. He has one son, Kennon, two grandsons, and two great grandchildren. His son Kennon also received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from UW, followed by a Ph.D. in engineering from Stanford University.