Academy of Distinguished Alumni Selects Class of 2024

The CEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni proudly announces its Class of 2024, a cohort of outstanding Civil and Environmental Engineering leaders with strong ties to Berkeley CEE! 

Congratulations to our eight newest members, and in-memoriam of the late Tor Brekke and Joe W. Johnson.

Class of 2024

  • Hilmi Turan Durgunoglu, Professor Emeritus, Bogazici University; Chairman, Partner and Consultant, Zetas Zemin Teknolojisi A.S.*
  • Filip Filippou, Professor of the Graduate School for Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
  • Carl Holmes, Deputy Director for Capital Projects, SF County Transportation Authority
  • Jim Levine, Principal, Montezuma Wetlands
  • Lindsey Maclise, Principal, Forell|Elsesser Engineers
  • Rafael Sabelli, Senior Principal and Director of Seismic Design, Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc.
  • John W. Wallace, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles*
  • Marlene Watson, Engineer, US Department of the Interior Indian Affairs*

In Memoriam:

  • Tor Brekke (Honorary), Professor of Geological Engineering, Emeritus, UC Berkeley
  • Joe W. Johnson, Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, Emeritus, UC Berkeley

Academy of Distinguished Alumni Banquet

The banquet will be held at the California Memorial Stadium from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm on April 10, 2025. To attend the banquet, complete the RSVP form and mail your payment for tickets or donations (see below). Banquet tickets are $125/person. Payment must be in the form of a check made payable to "UC Berkeley Foundation," with memo "For (CEE),²" and mailed to:

Elizabeth Geno

760 Davis Hall, MC 1710

Berkeley, CA 94720-1710

Donations support students in attending the Banquet

You can be an Academy Donor, which will subsidize the cost for students and junior faculty to attend the banquet! We have five Donor levels:

  • Platinum ($15,000)
  • Blue ($7,500)
  • Gold ($5,000)
  • Silver ($3,000)
  • Bronze ($1,500) 

See 2024 ADA Donor Opportunities for more information.

The deadline for Donor commitments is March 10, 2025. 

Target for 2025

Funds from the banquet will support (CEE)²: Community-Engaged Education in Civil & Environmental Engineering, a first-of-its-kind program dedicated towards advancing community engagement within research, teaching, and service across CEE and building relationships, and strengthening partnerships with local Bay Area communities.

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