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Thank you to Lawrence E. Sivak (\u201971 BS Civil Engineering) for his generous support of 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s College of Engineering & Applied Science and the 51ÁÔÆæ Foundation. His donation was part of the college’s New Frontiers in Research campaign, which seeks to raise $5 million so students can learn from the best and brightest faculty and engage in world-changing research.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly established Lawrence E. Sivak \u201971 Professorship in Engineering Fund will support two professorships within the college, at least one of which will be awarded to a civil engineering researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lawrence E. Sivak \u201971 Research Development Award, also new, will provide financial support to the college\u2019s faculty members for research and\/or teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy 51ÁÔÆæ faculty gave me the tools to impact infrastructure critical to people\u2019s lives, and for over 40 years I made a lot of waves around water,\u201d Larry said. \u201cBy supporting an engineering professorship, I\u2019m able to make an even bigger splash, as I double the impact of my gift, funding important next-generation research while also supporting the people who are training and inspiring tomorrow\u2019s engineers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Sivak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry held many key positions in civil engineering during his 40-year career, retiring in 2014 as vice president of Arcadis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he addressed harbor maintenance and flood control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He worked for CH2M Hill on the Milwaukee Water Pollution Abatement Program, where he was a senior project manager responsible for upgrades to the Jones Island and South Shore Wastewater Treatment plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working for Arcadis, he was a construction manager of the Virginia Initiative Plant Nutrient Reduction Improvements (a national leader in wastewater treatment), played a key role in constructing a new water treatment plant and distribution system for Henrico County (Virginia), and worked on the construction or a $28 million groundwater treatment plant in western Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry lives in Florida with his wife, Vivienne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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