Events Calendar

Albert Dorman Distinguished Lecture Series

Speaker: G. Wayne Clough, President Emiritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology & Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute

Talk Title: From the Eocene to the Anthropocene:An Engineer's View of Climate Change

Abstract: The lecture series honors Albert Dorman, an architect and civil engineer who is a USC alumnus and the founding chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation. He is the first person to become both a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the winner of the ASCE Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Leadership.





Biography: Dr. Wayne Clough is the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum and research complex with activities in more than 130 countries. He oversees a construction and renovation program of more than $1 billion, including the current refurbishing of the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and construction of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Before his appointment to the Smithsonian, Clough was president of the Georgia Institute of Technology for 14 years, which U.S. News and World Report ranked among the top 10 public universities during his tenure. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Georgia Tech and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, with specialties in geotechnical and earthquake engineering.

Reception follows after the lecture.

Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 526

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Evangeline Reyes