Life Member Award


Life Members
     The following Section members became Life Members in 2007; from the Baton Rouge Branch: Lewis Burruss, Nilmani Banerjee, Joe H. Harmon, David N. Williams, PE, James M. Aronstein, Jr., PE, and James L. Fouss; from the New Orleans Branch: John C. Gribar, Lloyd A. Held, PE, Eugene A. Brian, PE, Ronald J. Shaw, PE, Leo W. Gagnon, Jr., PE, Enrique J. La Motta, PE, Larry R. Heston, and Harry W. Stinchcomb; and from the Shreveport Branch: Donald M. Edington, PE, Stephen P. Rider, and Jerry G. Lazenby, PE. Life Members David N. Williams, PE, Donald M. Edington, PE, Jerry G. Lazenby, PE, and Steven P. Rider, PE, attended the Section Annual Spring Meeting and Conference in Shreveport to be presented with their Life Member certificates during the Awards Banquet. A brief biography was presented as each of them reveived their certificate.

     David N. Williams, PE, is a resident of Baton Rouge and since 2001 he has been the Civil/Structural Department Manager for CDI Engineering Solutions, Process and Industrial. Williams is a native of Saint Joseph Michigan, and in 1964 he earned his BS in civil engineering from Tri-State University, Angola, Indiana. He is currently licensed to practice in 21 states and territories of the United States.
     Williams is married to his childhood sweetheart and friend for life, the former Nancy Lee Rose, of Saint Joseph, Michigan. They have 4 daughters who graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and have graced them with 10 grand children. Of their 4 sons-in-law, 2 hold degrees from Louisiana Tech University and Louisiana State University.
     He began his career in the Chicago area as a Structural Engineer, designing commercial and residential high rise structures. He was an associate with the joint venture of the businesses including of Daniel, Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall — Max O. Urbahn — Seeley, Stevenson, Value, and Knecht — and The George A. Fuller Construction Company. Collectively known as DUSAF it was commissioned to engineer and construct the National Accelerator Laboratory west of Chicago now known as the Fermi Laboratory. www.fnal.gov. For his part in this project, Williams was instrumental in the structural design of the 16 story Robert Rathbun Wilson Hall, the 830 seat Norman F. Ramsey Auditorium, and the Meson Laboratory located in the Fixed Target Experimental Area on the 6,800 acre complex.
     In 1973 Williams moved to Baton Rouge where he continued his career as a Senior Structural Engineer in the capacities of Lead Engineer, Project Engineer, and Department Manager with the engineering firm of Barnard and Burk Inc. In 1989 he joined Salmon and Associates as the Chief Structural Engineer and Manager of the Civil/Structural Department. In 1992 he moved to Lakeland Florida as Vice-President, and Chief Engineer of the firm’s Florida Operations.



David Williams receives his Life Member certificate from Section President Tim Ruppert.     

Donald M. Edington, PE, a native of Springhill, Louisiana and a 1965 graduate of Louisiana Tech University, earned his BS in Civil Engineering and continued a semester of graduate studies in Environmental Engineering. He attended Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island and commissioned as Ensign. He served in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineering Corps and attended the Navy Civil Engineering Corps School in Port Hueneme, California. From there he served as Facility Engineer, Public Works Center, Subic Bay, Philippines, 1966-1967; and Assistant Public Works Officer, Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California, 1967-1968.
     In 1969 Edington continued his graduate studies at Louisiana Tech in Environmental Engineering where he and his wife Patricia Carroll from LaSalle Parish met and were married. He was employed as Project Engineer, International Paper Company, Mobile, Alabama, 1970-1974 — Community Development Engineer, Research and Development Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 1974-1981 — Engineer Supervisor, Resource Recovery and Development Authority, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1981-1985 — Parish Engineer and Parish Administrator, DeSoto Parish Police Jury, 1985-2000, from which he retired. He has since served as Branch Manager for Meyer, Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix & Hixson, Inc. to present. Don and his wife Pat have a daughter, Suzanne.



Edington receives his Life Member certificate from President Ruppert.

      Jerry G. Lazenby, PE, is President of Lazenby and Associates, Inc. in West Monroe, Louisiana. The firm offers consulting engineering and land surveying services. A 1965 Graduate of Louisiana Tech University, Jerry began his engineering career with the Federal Highway Administration. In 1974 he moved to West Monroe joining the consulting firm of Jenkins and Madden Engineering Company that evolved into Lazenby and Associates.
     Jerry is a past chairman of the Professional Engineers in Private Practice, a practice division of the Louisiana Engineering Society, and a past President of the Monroe Chapter of the LES. He is the 1993 recipient of the LES Charles M. Kerr Public Relations Award and the 1994 recipient of the LES Andrew M. Lockett Civic Affairs Award.
     A past President of the Consulting Engineers Council of Louisiana, Jerry also served as its Louisiana National Director 1997-1998 and chaired its Transportation Committee. In 2000 Jerry received the A.E. Wilder, Jr. Award for Outstanding Service to the CEC/L. He has been elected to the position of Fellow in the American Consulting Engineers Council and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Jerry was appointed to — and served 6 years as a member of — the Louisiana Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board and he has remained active in service to the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.
     Jerry has served on the Louisiana Tech Engineering Foundation, and the Tech Civil Engineering Advisory Committee and Engineering and Science Foundation. In 1995 he was awarded Tech’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in Civil Engineering and elected a Life Director of Tech’s Engineering and Science Foundation.
     In his community, Jerry is a member and past president of the West Monroe/West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce and the West Monroe Rotary Club and he is a Paul Harris Fellow. Jerry and Christine, his wife of 41 years, have 2 sons, a daughter and 9 grandchildren. Christine is also a Louisiana Tech graduate. They are active members of the First Baptist Church of West Monroe. Jerry’s hobbies include deer hunting and fishing.



Jerry Lazenby receives his Life Member certificate from President Ruppert.

Steven P. Rider, PE, graduated from college in 1965 and began working for Rust Engineering in Calhoun, Tennessee. He moved to Northeast Engineering in Springfield, Massachusetts and then proceeded to earn his MS from the University of Cincinnati in 1975. In this setting, he was the only student licensed to practice in California and he gave the professor a hard time about leaving out parts of the seismic calculations.
     The following 13 years he worked for Pedco in Cincinnati, Ohio and then for Fleur Daniel in Cincinnati, Ohio and in Richmond, VA for 16 years. He retired on 2000. Since retirement, Williams works on small jobs for McCormick & Co. At one time, he was licensed in 13 states including Civil in California and Structural in Illinois. He has worked all over the world, including service in the countries of Mexico, Uruguay, the Philippines, India, Turkey, and all over the United States.
     Stephen Rider, PE, currently lives in Shreveport with his wife and they were recently blessed with grandchild.



Steven Rider receives his Life Member certificate from President Ruppert.