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Show University Professor Pro-fessor Awarded Hooor Medal Salt Lake, Fob. 1. Prof. Richard II. Lyman head of tho civil engineering engineer-ing department of tho University ol Utah, has been awarded tho James K. Cross medal of tho American So cloty of Civil Engineers for his thesis thes-is on Measurements of tho Flow ol Streams by Approved Form of Weirs, wiin formulas ana uingrams. ino medal will bo sent to Prof. Lyman as son as it Is struck. Ho was notified noti-fied of tho award by lettor from Clias. Warren Hunt, secretary of tho society. soci-ety. Tho rules of tho society In awarding medals require that a pa-por pa-por must bo original; must never havo been published before its presentation pre-sentation to tho commlttoo and must bo a distinct contribution to engineering engi-neering sclenco. Thoso on tho commlttoo awarding tho medal to Prof. Lyman wore Desmond Des-mond Fltzgornld, past president of tho society and consulting hydrnullc engineer of Drookllnd, Mass.; Willi-nm Willi-nm H. Burr, professor of civil engineering engi-neering nt Columbln and a mombor of tho first commission appointed by the government to construct tho Panama Pan-ama canal, also an nutlior of noto; Qeorgo Qlbbs, consulting engineer of tho Pcnusylvnula railroad and chlof 'H engineer of tho electrical department , ''i , 'of tho Long Islnnd road. I- ft M Tho paper primarily has to do with j' i H the work of engineers cngngod In L' H western waterway's and in tho do- ,'. '" ' H vclopmcnt of reclamation in westorn r'jt Btatcs. 'lf'H Tho experiments conducted for tho j ,lfj'iB prlzo winning paper wcro mado at tho VhBH University of Utah and at Cornell. ' I : Pl l' i'r.BBl |