B.S. Civil Engineering 1956 M.S. Civil Engineering 1958 Throughout his academic career, Bobby O. Hardin epitomized the University of Kentucky’s mission of teaching, research and service. This is a long way from his high school days when he doubted if he would even attend college.
Robert C. McDowell, a native of Simpsonville, Kentucky, received his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1935 and a Civil Engineer degree in 1943. In 1962, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kentucky. Mr. McDowell founded several construction firms in the United States, Canada and Venezuela for which he served as president and chairman. He was head of RCM Engineering Company in Bath, Ohio.
A native of Miami, Florida, Kenneth N. Robertson received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1958, and a Masters of Business Administration in 1960, both from the University of Kentucky. While attending UK, he played three years of varsity football ( 55, 56, 57) under Coach Blanton Collier, and was elected co-captain his senior year. He was also elected to Tau Beta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Lamp & Cross.
Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky Thomas Blackburn Deen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1951. He then pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago and in 1956 received a Yale University Bureau of Highway Traffic Certificate.
A native of the tobacco growing community of Pierce, Green County, Kentucky, Paul Yates Thompson was the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Greensburg High School then enrolled at the University of Kentucky where he received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1958. As an undergraduate student, he was active in the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Arnold Air Society, a Cadet Major in the Air Force ROTC, and was elected to Tau Beta Pi, national engineering honor society.
Lexington, Kentucky native, William R. Sims graduated from University High School in 1953. Transferring from Miami University , Oxford , Ohio to the University of Kentucky , he earned the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with an architectural option in 1958. While a student, he was a member of the Cooperstown Council, Phi Delta Theta social fraternity, and the Air Force ROTC.
A native of Maysville, Kentucky, and a Maysville High School graduate, Major General Earnest O. Robbins II received the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1969. As an undergraduate, he was the recipient of a Kentucky Highway Department Scholarship and participated in Air Force ROTC. He actively participated in engineering student organizations including ASCE, ITE, and KSPE. He was a member of Triangle Fraternity, and an editor of the College’s Kentucky Engineer magazine.
Kenneth H. Kennedy was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated from Louisville’s Central High School in 1961 and entered the University of Kentucky studying civil engineering in September of the same year. In 1963, he withdrew from school in order to work full-time for the Kentucky Department of Highways.
B.S. Civil Engineering 1963 Ralph J. Palmer, born in Trapp, Kentucky, is a life-long resident of Clark County. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1963. As an undergraduate engineering student, he was a member of Triangle Fraternity and attained the rank of Cadet Colonel in the Air Force ROTC.
B.S Civil Engineering 1959 Engineer, educator, administrator, and author – “Mac” Yowell’s contributions to the engineering profession are many and varied.
