Kenneth Morgan Adam

Kenneth Morgan Adam (1940-2023). Born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Fleming, Saskatchewan.

Education

Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family.

Consulting Career

After 10 years with the University of Manitoba's Department of Civil Engineering as a professor, he embarked on a 42-year career in consulting engineering. He travelled the world, working in all seven continents including the Antarctic and our North. He specialized in winter roads and ice which led to him being sought out by the British Antarctic Survey to design and oversee the construction of the runway at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed.

Reference

A In Memoriam was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering prepared under the direction of Jim Kells (jim.kells@usask.ca) and Peter Wright (peter.wright@utoronto.ca) with the assistance of Mike Bartlett and Dave Ennis. This posting was supplemented with information from his obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 15, 2023 at https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-317670/ADAM_KENNETH

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Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC

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