Category: Roll of Honor

Dr. Epps began his professional career as a professor with Texas A&M University in 1968. His main responsibilities involved teaching and research in the area of transportation materials, pavement rehabilitation, maintenance, and design. He moved to the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Nevada – Reno in 1982, serving as the Dean of the … Continue reading Dr. Jon A. Epps

Jay Hensley began his career in 1960 with the Arkansas Highway Department, spending seven years in construction and research. He then joined the Asphalt Institute as Area Engineer for Arkansas and Louisiana and retired from that organization as Chief Engineer in September of 2000, after thirty three years of service. He has published over sixty … Continue reading M. J. “Jay” Hensley

Dr. J. Claine Petersen began his professional career in 1956 as a research chemist at American Gilsonite Company in Salt Lake City, Utah and conducted fundamental studies on the chemistry of this naturally occurring bituminous material. This was followed by employment in the New Products Division of the Textile Fibers Department at the Dupont Experimental … Continue reading Dr. J. Claine Petersen

Bernie McCarthy was first employed by the Asphalt Institute in 1967. His first assignment with the Institute was as District Engineer for Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. He was made Regional Managing Engineer for the Eastern Region in 1971, the National Field Director for District Engineers in 1973 and was named Director of … Continue reading Bernard M. McCarthy

Dr. Matthew W. Witczak served on the faculty of the University of Maryland for twenty six years before becoming Professor of Civil Engineering at Arizona State University in 1999. Upon receiving his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University in 1969 he served as Special Projects Engineer with the Asphalt Institute in College Park, Maryland, for four … Continue reading Dr. Matthew W. Witczak

Dr. Kennedy retired as Engineering Foundation Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. His career has been largely devoted to asphalt and pavement research and education. After completing his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois, Dr. Kennedy joined the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin in 1965. His research … Continue reading Dr. Thomas W. Kennedy

Robert M. (Bob) Thompson, President of Thompson-McCully Company of Belleville, Michigan, has devoted his life to furthering the proper use of hot mix asphalt and sharing his technical knowledge of paving to improve the asphalt industry. He was a driving force behind the Institute and NAPA moving closer together in their effort to counter adverse … Continue reading Robert M. Thompson

Dr. Eugene L. Skok, Jr. has made a major contribution to the asphalt industry over the last 35 years in pavement design and in the evaluation of pavement materials. He is also a leading researcher and educator in asphalt technology. He is currently the Director of Research for Braun Intertec Corporation of Minneapolis and is … Continue reading Dr. Eugene L. Skok, Jr.

Lester P. Lamm, former President of the Highway Users Federation (now American Highway Users Alliance) and top federal highway administrator, made enduring contributions to the nation’s interstate highway system and to the U.S. transportation during his thirty nine year career in highway administration. In his nine years as Executive Director of the Federal Highway Administration … Continue reading Lester P. Lamm

1908 – 1977 During his lifetime, Bruce G. Marshall was a successful inventor, asphalt testing equipment developer and highway engineer. He made one of the most significant and enduring contributions to asphalt technology-the Marshall Mix Design procedure. “He provided the standard by which we judge the adequacy of asphalt pavement,” stated one asphalt industry spokesman. … Continue reading Bruce G. Marshall