CalGEO - The California Geotechnical Engineering Association

History

In February 1970, a group of soil and foundation engineers from Southern California met to discuss the status of the profession, and to assess if there was a need to form an organization to represent the unique needs of California’s private-practice geotechnical engineering consultants. In May 1971, the Soil and Foundation Engineers Association (SAFEA) was established with a goal unlike other engineering associations: Rather than focus only on technical research and social events, SAFEA would address the key business and legislative issues necessary to advance the profession of private-practice geotechnical engineering.

That mission remains just as strong today, as decades later the organization has grown to serve thousands of geotechnical engineering consultants across the Golden State. Our name changed to the California Geotechnical Engineers Association in 1987, and was shortened to CalGeo in 2009 – but nothing about CalGeo’s commitment to the business of geotechnical engineering has diminished. The organization continues to make great strides on behalf of the profession and we’ll continue to be the voice of California’s private-practice geotechnical professionals as we advance through the 21st century.

YEAR	NAME	COMPANY
1971 - 1972	Jack Rolston	Foundation Eng'g Co.
1972 - 1973	Donald Shepardson	Shepardson Engineering Associates
1973 - 1974	Jerry Kovacs	Jerry Kovacs & Associates
1974 - 1975	Dave Turner	Life Member
1975 - 1976	Dennis Evans	D.A. Evans, Inc.
1976 - 1977	Thomas D. Lake	T.D. Lake & Associates
1977 - 1978	Thomas Wallace	Wallace-Kuhl & Associates, Inc.
1978 - 1979	Robert Cousineau	Soils International
1979 - 1980	Michael Mahoney	Kleinfelder, Inc.
1980 - 1981	Shelly Prager (deceased)	Fugro West, Inc.
1981 - 1982	John Heneghan	Wahler Associates
1982 - 1983	James E. Likins	Geocon, Inc.
1983 - 1984	Richard Short	Harza Engineering Co. of California
1984 - 1985	Dugald R. Campbell	Agra Earth & Environmental, Inc.
1985 - 1986	R. Leonard Allen	IT Corporation
1986 - 1987	Charles "Chris" Christian	Southern Calif. Soil & Testing
1987 - 1988	Jo K. Crosby	Jo Crosby & Associates
1988 - 1989	Cyril M. "Bud" McRae	Kleinfelder, Inc.
1989 - 1990	William E. Ellis	Shepardson Engineering Associates, Inc.
1990 - 1991	David L. Pearson	Agra Earth & Environmental, Inc.
1991 - 1992	John A. Baker	Anderson Consulting Group
1992 - 1993	John E. Anderson	CH2M Hill
1993 - 1994	Gerald J. Salontai	Kleinfelder, Inc.
1994 - 1995	Barry R. Bevier	Group Delta Consultants, Inc.
1995 - 1996	John Moossazadeh	Woodward-Clyde Consultants
1996 - 1997	Lutz "Yogi" Kunze	Smith-Emery GeoServices
1997 - 1998	Michael V. Smith	Earth Systems, Inc.
1998 - 1999	Henry F. Kling	Zeiser Kling Consultants, Inc.
1999 - 2000	David R. Gius, Jr	Wallace-Kuhl & Associates
2000 - 2001	Gary C. Masterman	Professional Geotechnical Consultants, Inc.
2001 - 2002	Martha A. McDonnell	Youngdahl Consulting Group
2002 - 2003	Daniel S. Haynosch	ENGEO Incorporated
2003 - 2004	Edward F. Hill	Geotechnologies, Inc.
2004 - 2005	E. David Colbaugh	Evans, Colbaugh & Associates, Inc.
2005 - 2006	Michael J. Miller	Stoney-Miller Consultants, Inc.
2006 - 2007	Gale Paddock	Kleinfelder, Inc.
2007 - 2008	Craig Hill	Earth Systems, Inc.
2008 - 2009	Greg Silver	GMU Geotechnical
2009 - 2010	John Hoobs	Geocon

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