Dear ASCE Inland Empire Section Members,
We hope that this message finds you and your loved ones doing well.
Each year, a deserving member from our section is selected as the Engineer of Merit. Since the success of our section depends on the countless contributions of so many dedicated individuals, we’re asking for your help with this year’s nomination process.
The Engineer of Merit Award is bestowed on a civil engineer who meets most, if not all of these criteria:
- A distinguished career in any branch of civil engineering
- Distinguished service to the Inland Empire Section
- Exemplary professional conduct in a specific outstanding instance
- An established reputation for professional service
- Objective and lasting achievement in improving conditions under which professional engineers serve in public and private practice
- Significant contribution toward improvement of employment conditions among civil engineers
- Significant contributions toward improving the professional aspects of civil engineering education
- Professional guidance of qualified young persons who would seek civil engineering as a career
- Other evidence of merit which, in the judgment of the Award Committee, shall have advanced the Society’s professional objectives
- Who is a current ASCE member in good standing
Please support the Inland Empire Section by nominating a deserving member for this year’s award. A short paragraph describing the specific contributions of the proposed member is requested.
Send your nomination to Bill Meeks, [email protected] before Friday, November 14, 2025.
Sincerely,
Bill Meeks, Jeanne Finger and Rebecca Matlack
2026 Engineer of Merit Award Committee