Life Members

Life Member status is an honor awarded to members that have made a lifetime commitment to ASCE and the civil engineering profession by remaining members for the full length of their professional career.

According to current policy, to obtain the Life Member status with ASCE, a member must be at least 65 years old; have paid dues for at least 35 years; and have paid dues for at least 10 consecutive years immediately preceding the attainment of Life Member.

Life Members of the Nebraska Section

Year Recipient
2025 Patrick Poepsel
2025 John Remus II
2025 Derrel Martin
2025 Larry Vandergriend
2025 Curt Betts
2025 Philip Rossbach
2025 Peter McCornick
2025 Rocky Keehn
2024 David Nusz
2024 Douglas Clemetson
2024 Loras Klostermann
2024 Anthony Kessler
2024 Thomas Gorman
2024 Christopher Neale
2023 Eric Keen
2023 David Meier
2023 Edward Thiele
2023 David Svingen
2023 Wayne Woldt
2023 Wesley Wahlgren
2023 George Little
2023 Reed Schwartzkopf
2023 Daryoush Razavian
2023 Edward Prost
2022 John Thomas
2022 Ka Squire
2022 Stephen Reiners
2022 John Kottmann
2022 Charles Huddleston
2022 Mark Ehrhart
2021 Dennis Hirschbrunner
2019 Nelson Jacobs
2019 John Dempsey
2018 Sorin Juster
2018 Doyle Petersen
2018 Michael Potter
2018 Jerald Schneider
2018 Walter Schultz
2018 Dennis Smith
2018 Daniel Sommer
2018 Loren Steenson
2018 James Wilkinson
2018 Ronald Yoder
2017 James E Rowings, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
2017 Steven R Saye, P.E., M.ASCE
2017 Mark D Lafferty, P.E., M.ASCE
2017 Wayne J Vandertuin, P.E., M.ASCE
2017 Jerry J Westhoff, P.E., M.ASCE
2017 Michael J Muessel, P.E., M.ASCE
2017 John B Gregory, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE
2017 Leslie J Svatora, III, P.E., M.ASCE
2017 John D Cox, P.E., M.ASCE
2016 Michael Baumert
2016 Stephen Beall
2016 Randall Graham
2016 Bruce Harris
2016 Richard Kotan
2016 David Maystrick
2016 Robert Reisdorff
2016 Steven Schmidt
2016 Terry Sherman
2015 Steve Bottum
2015 Roger Figard
2015 Frank Kwapnioski
2015 Rick Voss

Previous Life Membership Recipients

The following Nebraska Section Members have previously achieved Life Membership (individuals in bold recognized within the past year):

  • Charles G. Alger (1987)
  • Dennis Allacher (2007)
  • Dewey R. Anderson (1996)
  • Charles M. Anson (1992)
  • Leroy E. Baker (2007)
  • Richard W. Barnett (1989)
  • Michael Baumert (2016)
  • Stephen Beall (2016)
  • Herbert L. Becker (2013)
  • Emil W. Beckman (1979)
  • Joseph V. Benak (1994)
  • Curt Betts (2025)
  • Robert Bitner (2008)
  • Alan Blair (2015)
  • Axel C. Boilesen (1990)
  • Ron D. Bottorff (2013)
  • Steve Bottum (2015)
  • Henry E. Brass (2013)
  • Larry L. Briggs (2001)
  • Earl T. Brodman (1989)
  • Wayne E. Brugger (2004)
  • Carrol Brunken (1988)
  • George Bryan (2010)
  • Max A. Burroughs (1989)
  • Richard L. Buse (2003)
  • Walter W. Case (2006)
  • Edward A. Cecil (2000)
  • Melvin Cerny (2009)
  • James L. Chandler (1990)
  • Richard L. Chase (2000)
  • William D. Churchill (1993)
  • Royal S. Clark (1976)
  • Douglas Clemetson (2024)
  • Roy L. Cline (2002)
  • David V. Coe (2003)
  • Dean M. Connett (1997)
  • Elias A. Cooney (2000)
  • John D. Cox (2017)
  • Milo Cress (2010)
  • Arthur H. Dederman (1991)
  • John Dempsey (2019)
  • Richard Donovan (2009)
  • Wayne G. Dorough (2003)
  • Robert E. Dreessen (2001)
  • David H. Duin (1996)
  • Lorn P. Dunnigan (1996)
  • Charles W. Durham (1982)
  • Mark Ehrhart (2022)
  • Richard Erixson (2002)
  • Thomas W. Eversden (2006)
  • Roger Figard (2015)
  • Larry G. Fischer (2002)
  • E. Terence Foster (2006)
  • Kendall C. Fox (1984)
  • Monty W. Fredrickson (2011)

  • Harvey D. Funk (2001)

  • Jerry E. Galligan (1990)
  • Joseph L. Gerlt (1999)
  • Eugene M. Gollehon (2002)
  • Thomas Gorman (2024)
  • Randall Graham (2016)
  • John Billy Gregory, Jr. (2017)
  • Raymond J. Hajek (2001)
  • Paul Harmon (2014)
  • Bruce Harris (2016)
  • Alfred S. Harrison (1991)
  • Frederick L. Henry (2001)
  • Dennis Heitmann (2005)
  • Dennis Hirschbrunner (2021)
  • Donald Holloway (2004)
  • Norman D. Holly (2011)
  • Susan Hoppel (2012)
  • Charles Huddleston (2022)
  • Dan Jackman (2003)
  • Nelson Jacobs (2019)
  • Dale Jacobson (2010)
  • Lambert J. Jaroska (1993)
  • J. Michael Jess (2009)
  • Jaroslav Z. Jizba (1989)
  • Charles E. Johnson (1990)
  • Sorin Juster (2018)
  • Rocky Keehn (2025)
  • Eric Keen (2023)
  • Anthony Kessler (2024)
  • Rocky Keehn (2025)
  • Loras Klostermann (2024)
  • David Klostermeyer (2007)
  • Richard Kotan (2016)
  • John Kottmann (2022)
  • J. Daniel Kutilek (2010)
  • Frank Kwapnioski (2015)
  • Mark D. Lafferty (2017)
  • Kenneth D. Lathrum (2007)
  • Gerald W. Lee (2006)
  • Roberto L. Lenton (2012)
  • Clarence A. Lewis (1983)
  • Don W. Lieberknect (1999)
  • Bruce A. Lind (2006)
  • Ronald W. Liston (2004)
  • George Little (2023)
  • King K. Little (2013)
  • Robert H. Livesey (1988)
  • Melvin R. Loseke (2004)
  • Ralph R. Marlette (1985)
  • C.W. Martin (1997)
  • Derrel Martin (2025)
  • David Maystrick (2016)
  • Terry A. McCarl (2010)
  • Peter McCornick (2025)
  • Richard L. McCumber (1995)
  • Harley C. McDonald (2006)
  • David B. Mead (2014)
  • Virgil G. Meedel (1992)
  • David Meier (2023)
  • Warren J. Mellema (1998)
  • William D. Miller (2014)
  • Raymond Moore (2009)
  • Ronald Morrison (2001)
  • Michael J. Muessel (2017)
  • Dennis Murphy (2013)
  • Kenneth H. Nass (2002)
  • Christopher Neale (2024)
  • Norman Nelson (2009)
  • Steve Nickel (2009)
  • Richard M. Niedergeses (2014)

  • Carl J. Nussrallah (1990)

  • Andrzej Nowak (2010)
  • David Nusz (2024)
  • Jerome Obrist (2008)
  • John E. Olsson (1991)
  • Willard Opocensky (1990)
  • Doyle Petersen (2018)
  • Patrick Poepsel (2025)
  • Jerry Porter (2009)
  • Michael Potter (2018)
  • William B. Preston (2007)
  • Dean A. Prochnow (2013)
  • Gary E. Proskovec (2014)
  • Edward Prost (2023)
  • Alfred E. Rasmussen (1988)
  • David Rathjen (2008)
  • Daryoush Razavian (2023)
  • Thomas J. Reading (1980)
  • Stephen Reiners (2022)
  • Robert L. Reins (1987)
  • Robert Reisdorff (2016)
  • John Remus II (2025)
  • Charles E. Riggs (2014)
  • Richard L. Robinson (2012)
  • Robert J. Rohde (1997)
  • Philip Rossbach (2025)
  • James Emerson Rowings, Jr. (2017)
  • Steven R. Saye (2017)
  • Meredith C. Schaff (1999)
  • Terry F. Schlaht (2002)
  • Steven Schmidt (2016)
  • Richard K. Schlenker (1999)
  • Jerald Schneider (2018)
  • Robert D. Schroeder (1999)
  • Walter Schultz (2018)
  • Reed Schwartzkopf (2023)
  • Terry Sherman (2016)
  • James B. Siebken (2003)
  • Ka Squire (2022)
  • Dennis Smith (2018)
  • Daniel Sommer (2018)
  • Loren Steenson (2018)
  • Charles D. Smith (1995)
  • Louis J. Sobcyzk (2004)
  • Wallace R. Stern (2000)
  • George H. Stickney (1990)
  • Jim Suttle (2009)
  • Leslie J. Svatora, III (2017)
  • David Svingen (2023)
  • Maher Tadros (2011)
  • Edward Thiele (2023)
  • Thomas L. Thelen (2014)
  • John Thomas (2022)
  • Arvid L. Thomsen (2004)
  • William P. Todsen (2000)
  • Kenneth L. True (2007)
  • David G. Tunnicliff (1996)
  • Larry Vandergriend (2025)
  • Wayne John Vandertuin (2017)
  • Rick Voss (2015)
  • Wesley Wahlgren (2023)
  • Paula Wells (2000)
  • Paul L. Welsch (2014)
  • Jerry J. Westhoff (2017)
  • Edward R. Wheling (2003)
  • James Wilkinson (2018)
  • George Williamson (1991)
  • John Woelfl (2013)
  • Wayne Woldt (2023)
  • Chester R. Worm (2007)
  • Ronald Yoder (2018)
  • Robert G. Zilly (1988)
  • Raymond P. Zink (1989)

  • George Ziska (2013)