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In the Summer of 1997,
I attended the ASCE Hydraulic Engineering Conference in Anaheim, California.
A social gathering of Colorado
State University (CSU) alumni had been planned for one of the evenings of the conference.
I arrived at the party early,
and noticed my former
professor Dr. Everett Richardson as he made his entry to the room.
Upon realizing that I was there, Rich,
as he was warmly addressed by his students,
made a point of coming to meet me and, after the customary salutation, said:
"Ponce, I want you to know that I am teaching with your book, 1
and so is my son Jerry at the University of Missouri at Kansas City."
He went on to say that Chapter 15, entitled
"Sediment in the
Hydrologic Cycle," had done a superb job of summarizing knowledge on the subject.
Needless to say, the best praise is that which comes from your teachers. Rich had been my advisor in the
early 1970s when I was at CSU completing my doctoral studies.
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