Date: October 17th 2018 7:50p.m.

The UASC will be meeting a week earlier than usual this month to avoid the Halloween holiday. The next meeting of the Underwater Archaeology Society of Chicago will be Wednesday, October 24, at the Chicago Maritime Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL. This is in the Bridgeport Art Center Building. Enter at the door under the awning that says North Entrance off the north parking lot and go downstairs. We will start the meeting at 7:00pm. All are welcome!

Our special guest speaker will be author Richard Lanyon. He will discuss the story of draining the South and West Sides of Chicago and western suburbs by eliminating the stagnant, encrusted cesspool that was Bubbly Creek and of clearing the politics of out of the South Side sewer district to deliver taxpayers efficient, professional, and reliable service.

"West by Southwest to Stickney" is the third in a four-book series by Lanyon, a retired executive director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

Better known as Dick Lanyon, he retired from his position as Executive Director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) at the close of 2010, a position that he held for 4½ years. As Executive Director, he directed the day-to-day operations of the MWRD, which included 2,100 employees serving five million people in Cook County and the industrial equivalent of another four million people. The MWRD provides wastewater and storm water management and other related services to protect the environment. Dick’s career at the MWRD spanned nearly 48 years. In 2012, Dick published Building the Canal to Save Chicago, a historical documentary of the first project of the MWRD.

Dick received the 2013 Abel Wolman Award from the Chicago Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association for the single best new book on public works history. Other awards include: American Society of Civil Engineer’s National Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award in 1999; Distinguished Alumnus of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003; Edward J. Cleary Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists in 2011; and Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) in 2011. He is also a past President of the Illinois Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and holds Bachelors and Masters of Civil Engineering degrees from the UIUC. In 2013, Dick was inducted into the NACWA Hall of Fame.

We will also be discussing other Society business, such as the Our World Underwater show, upcoming Society elections, the newsletter, and projects for next year.

-Dean Nolan
UASC President

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