Pat Galloway

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Patricia D. Galloway (1957-September 26, 2024) [1] was an American engineer. [2] She received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Purdue University in 1978, [3] [2] [4] an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology, [5] and a Ph.D. from Kochi University of Technology in 2005. [4] She was a PE (Professional Engineer). [6]

Career

Galloway was the CEO of Nielsen-Wurster Group. [2] In 2013, she created a proposal for engineering education reform for the American Society of Civil Engineers that has been hailed as "groundbreaking" by the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, G. Wayne Clough. [7] Galloway served on the US National Science Board from 2006 to 2012, [8] was inducted into the National Academy of Construction, [5] [9] and was the first female president of ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) from 2003 to 2004. [2] [9] [10]

References

  1. Leggate, James (2 October 2024). "Obituary: Pat Galloway, 67, Was First Woman to Lead ASCE and a Risk Management Trailblazer". Engineering News Record. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hatch, Sybil E. (1 January 2006). Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers. ASCE Publications. ISBN   9780784408353 via Google Books.
  3. "Patricia Galloway: Rising to the challenge - Fall 2013 - Engineering Impact". Purdue Engineering Impact. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  4. 1 2 Singh, A. (2008). Introducing the Members of the Editorial Board. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 1(1), 2-6.
  5. 1 2 "Galloway, Patricia D." National Academy of Construction. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  6. "Patricia Galloway, P.E. - National Society of Professional Engineers".
  7. Galloway, Patricia (2007). The 21st-Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform. doi:10.1061/9780784409367. ISBN   978-0-7844-0936-7 . Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. "Former Chairmen and Board Members". National Science Board. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Dr. Patricia D. Galloway, Chief Executive Officer, Pegasus Global Holdings, Inc. | ASCE News". news.asce.org. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  10. Hatch, Sybil E. (2006-01-01). Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers. ASCE Publications. ISBN   9780784408353.