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2017 ACEC AWARDS

* Ray Messer, former president and CEO of Walter P Moore,
received the 2017 ACEC Chairmen Emeritus Award for his
"outstanding service and support to the Council."
* The College of Fellows inducted 10 New Members: Charlie
Gozdziewski of Hardesty and Hanover, New York; Kurt
Evans of Digital Engineering & Imaging, Kenner, Louisiana;
Raymond DeStephen of Schnabel Engineering, Glen Allen,
Virginia; John Moossazadeh of Kleinfelder, San Diego;
Kenny Smith of T. Baker Smith, Houma, Louisiana; Matt
Richards of Strand Associates, Madison, Wisconsin; John
Olsson of Olsson Associates, Lincoln, Nebraska; Lee Wayne
Abramson of Mott MacDonald, Pleasanton, California;
Kevin Peterson, P2S Engineering, Long Beach, Calif; and
Matt Tondl of HDR, Omaha, Nebraska.
* 2017 ACEC Scholarship Winners were: David Burton,

$10,000 ACEC Scholar of the Year Scholarship; Margarita
Kovalchuk, $5,000 ACEC Life/Health Trust Scholarship;
Tristan Yount, $5,000 Council of American Structural
Engineers (CASE) Scholarship; Emily Valenzuela,
$5,000 a/e ProNet Engineering Scholarship; Nicholas
DeSimpelare, $5,000 Professional Liability Agents Network
Scholarship; and Rena Weis, $3,000 College of Fellows
Scholarship.
* 2017 Community Service Awardees-recognized for their
extraordinary contributions to their communities-were
Barry Barber of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Raleigh,
North Carolina; and Bennett Ratliff of The Ratliff Group,
Coppell, Texas.
* The Coalitions Distinguished Service Award was given to
Andy Rauch of BKBM Engineers, Minneapolis.
* 2017 Young Professional of the Year (see page 27). ■
Artificial intelligence expert Martin
Ford cautioned that no future job
is safe from being replaced by
automation or robotics. "Machines
are moving into lots of areas that we
think now are safe jobs for humans,"
said Ford, who wrote the book Rise
of the Robots: Technology and the
Threat of a Jobless Future. "Even
white-collar jobs, if they are routine
and repetitive, are susceptible to
automation."

Ray Kogan and Cara Bobchek, of Kogan and Co., led a packed seminar discussing
"Key Trends to Watch When Preparing Your Strategic Plan."

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