James Anthony Gaffney
James Anthony Gaffney | |
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Born | 1928 |
Nationality | British |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Civil |
Institutions |
Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (President 1978-79) Institution of Civil Engineers (President 1983-84) Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering |
Projects | Construction of the M62 |
James Anthony Gaffney, CBE, FICE, FREng, FCIHT (born 1928) is a British civil engineer.
Gaffney was born in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales in 1928 and holds BSc and DSc degrees.[1][2]
He was the County Engineer for the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time of the construction of Scammonden Reservoir and M62 in the late 1960s.[3] He was elected president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation for the 1978-79 session and elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the 1983-84 session.
As part of the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours Gaffney was, on 16 June, appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in the civil division.[4] At one point he was Director of Engineering Services at the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.[4]
References
- ↑ Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address, retrieved 24 October 2010
- ↑ Watson 1988, p. 254.
- ↑ "Scammonden Dam". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- 1 2 The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49768. p. 8. 16 June 1984. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
Bibliography
- Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
Professional and academic associations | ||
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Preceded by John Vernon Bartlett |
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers November 1983 – November 1984 |
Succeeded by John Anthony Derrington |