Geotechnical News • September 2017
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
of Directors and run and manage the
activities of the Foundation.
In the March 2012 issue of Geotechni-
cal News,
Doug VanDine
(President
of the Foundation at that time) initi-
ated a quiz on the
Members of the
Foundation
. It was all in good fun
and was well received by the readers
who undertook the quiz. As this is my
last year as President of the Founda-
tion, and following Doug’s innova-
tive and inimitable style, I invite the
Canadian geotechnical community to
take another quiz on the Members of
the Foundation. The first list (num-
bered 1 to 13), lists the Members, their
affiliation, location, and their position
if they are on the Board of Directors.
The second list (lettered A to O) lists
a personal factoid about a member,
but not in a matching order. In some
cases, I provided the factoid on behalf
of the individual. In many instances,
the Member has also had executive
positions in the CGS and other learned
societies. Your task, should you wish
to accept it, is to see how many mem-
bers and factoids you can match up.
The answers are given at the end of
this CGS News column. So sit back,
relax, and have a bit of fun!
2017 Canadian Foundation for Geo-
technique Trustees (in alphabetical
order):
1. Dennis Becker
(Golder Associates,
Calgary, AB) President
2. Kevin Biggar
(K.W. Biggar En-
gineering, St. Albert, AB) Vice-
President
3. Robert Chapuis
(Ecole Polytech-
nique, Montreal, QC)
4. Jean Hutchinson
(Queen’s Uni-
versity, Kingston, ON) Director at
Large
5. Suzanne Lacasse Høeg
(Norwe-
gian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo,
Norway)
6. Jorn Landva
(BGC Engineering,
Halifax, NS)
7. Harry Oussoren
(InSitu Contrac-
tors, Guelph, ON) Treasurer
8. Bob Patrick
(Tetra Tech EBA,
Nanaimo, BC)
9. Lynden Penner
(JD Mollard As-
sociates, Regina, SK)
10. Ryan Phillips
(C-CORE, St.
John’s, NL) Director at Large
11. Siva Sivathayalan
(Carleton Uni-
versity, Ottawa, ON)
12. Jean-Pierre Tournier
(Hy-
dro-Québec, Montreal, QC)
13. Sai Vanapalli
(University of Ot-
tawa, ON) Secretary
Personal factoids not in the same order
as above. See if you can match the
numbers with the letters!
A.
Used elephants to move drill rigs
in Sri Lanka and has delivered the
Cross-Canada Lecture Tour.
B.
Played against the Howe broth-
ers at a midget hockey tournament
and has an executive position in the
Canadian Dam Association (CDA).
C.
A former CGS VP Finance who
plays pipe organ with four keyboards
and 3,000 pipes, and in springtime is a
‘twitcher’.
D.
Survived a ride over a waterfall
without a canoe or barrel.
E.
Long-standing Foundation Mem-
ber who taught mathematics at a Cana-
dian university as a voluntary worker
in lieu of military service.
F.
Played the cello, turned wood,
turned pots, quilted, designed and
made stained glass, painted silk,
developed photographs in a dark
room, built a cedar strip canoe and
refinished antique furniture.
G.
Played a number of roles in a
version of Jesus Christ Superstar in
performing arts in High School.
H.
Spent 5 weeks in China visiting
many universities for collaborative
research program.
I.
Gave Prime Minister John Dief-
enbaker a tour of my high school that
was renamed in his honour.
J.
Former Secretary of the Foun-
dation with interest in teaching and
experimental research in fundamental
sand behaviour.
K.
Born in a small mining town in
Canada, is fluent in many languages,
has delivered the Rankine and Terza-
ghi Lectures, and has a Lecture named
after them.
L.
Worked in offshore geotechnics
for many years and is a member of the
CSA Offshore Foundations Code.
M.
A former CGS VP Technical
with research interest in groundwater
and in-situ measurement of hydraulic
conductivity.
Bonus Question:
Two Members who researched iceberg
scour in Lake Agassiz Clay in Mani-
toba.
After having so some fun with this
quiz, remember that in order to fulfill
its mission, the Foundation relies on
donations from individuals, corpora-
tions and donations and interest-free
loans from the local sections and
technical divisions of the CGS. To
learn more about the Foundation and
its activities visit
Submitted by Dennis Becker
President of the Canadian Foundation
for Geotechnique
La Tournée de conférences transcana-
dienne a été et continue d’être une des
activités emblématiques de la SCG.
Ces tournées de conférences offertes
deux fois par an sont très attendues
par les nombreuses sections locales
de la SCG, ainsi que par de nombreux
membres de la SCG et professionnels
canadiens du domaine de la géotech-
nique. La TCT se distingue en étant
la plus longue tournée de conférences
du genre dans le monde et fait l’envie
d’organisations géotechniques et de
professionnels en géotechnique d’un
grand nombre de pays.
Soumis par Dennis Becker
Président de la Fondation canadienne
de géotechnique
