Lymon C. Reese

Lymon Clifton Reese (born April 27, 1917 in Murfreesboro , Arkansas , † September 19, 2009 ) was an American civil engineer for geotechnical engineering .

Reese grew up in Arkansas and Texas ( Abilene ). After graduating from school, he worked in various occupations to support his family during the Great Depression , including as a surveyor. During World War II, he worked as a volunteer in the US Naval Construction Battalions, where he became Chief Petty Officer and worked in Alaska and Okinawa . From 1946 he studied with a GI Bill at Rice University and at the University of Texas at Austin . After completing his master's degree, he became an assistant professor of civil engineering at Mississippi State University before moving to the University of California, Berkeley for his PhD. In 1955 he became an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he remained for the remainder of his professorial career. From 1965 to 1972 he headed the Faculty of Civil Engineering there. In 1984 he retired, but continued to teach.

In 1985 he founded his own engineering company Ensoft, where he produced geotechnical software products and worked in the associated engineering office (Lyman C. Reese and Associates). He was especially considered an expert in pile foundations.

He was Terzaghi Lecturer (Design and construction of drilled shafts) in 1976 and received the Terzaghi Award in 1983 . In 2004 he gave the Casagrande Lectures in Boston.

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• with William Van Impe Single piles and pile groups under lateral loading , Balkema 2001

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