Honorary Member since 2001

Bill Dearasaugh, Jr. was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and went to the “famous” Central High School, which was integrated a few years after his graduation. He went to Vanderbilt University under a full NROTC scholarship and served three years in the Navy before starting his engineering profession. During the Interstate highway boom he was hired by Howard Needles Tammen and Burgendoff (HNTB) in Kansas City without even an interview and remained there for 18 years. Eventually he was responsible for designing highways all over the nation, and he earned Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas and Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University. During this time, he also had a position in Iran (just prior to the revolution) where he was responsible for procurement of equipment to construct a major, interstate-type highway from Tehran to the Persian Gulf.

Then came his real opportunity to serve the cement and concrete industry as a paving engineer with the Portland Cement Association, covering Missouri and Kansas. During this time, he was responsible for technical, educational, and promotional activities with regard to concrete, especially for paving highways, airports, streets, and parking lots. While he was in this position, the state of Kansas placed more concrete pavement than any other state.

After 8 years with the PCA, he became a Senior Staff Officer in the NCHRP program, administering approximately 20 pavement-related research projects a year. He also participated in the Scanning Tour of European Concrete Highways in 1992. While at TRB, he was the Engineer of Design in the Technical Activities Division, with staff responsibility for 24 Standing Committees in the General Design, Pavement Management, and Structures Sections.

Bill enjoyed retirement by playing on two softball teams, golfing often and playing racquetball at least once a week. He had successfully battled and recovered from pancreatic cancer. He has led a full life, much of which has been dedicated to concrete pavements. Bill Dearasaugh, Jr. passed away at his home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on August 7, 2011.

ISCP is proud to have Bill Dearasaugh, Jr. as an Honorary Member!

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