Hal Hunt Lecture

The Hal Hunt Lecture was established in 1989 to recognize notable communicators in the Deep Foundations Industry. The Lecture was named in honor of Hal W. Hunt, one of the initial organizers of DFI, a trustee on the first DFI Board and first Executive Director

Past Hal Hunt Lecturers

2012 Houston, TX
James Pappas		 Different Challenges with Changing Technologies
2011 Boston, MA
Craig Olmsted		 Foundation Challenges for America's First Offshore Wind Project
2010 Hollywood, CA
James (Jim) Davis		 Leadership, Opportunities and Life
2009 Kansas City, MO
Jean-Louis Briaud		 Technical Communications – Humor and Philosophy
2008 New York, NY
Peter E. Mac Kenna		 Innovations in Methods and Equipment
2007 Colorado Springs, CO
Fred H. Kulhawy		 Communicating Technical Issues with Levity and Panache
2006 Washington, D.C.
Peter Cali		 Communicating Risk - Post Katrina: How did we get into this mess and what do we do about it?
2005 Chicago, IL
Stan Kaderbek		 Engineers in Government
2004 Vancouver, BC
Wayne Savigny		 Communicating the Impact of Lower Mainland Geology on Foundation Design
2003 Miami Beach, FL
Al DiMillio		 Communications: The Right Way, The Wrong Way and the Government Way
2002 San Diego, CA
Scot Litke		 Leadership, Management, and Implementation: Communication, the Uncommon Thread
2001 St. Louis, MO
Bengt H. Fellenius		 Pitfalls of Communication
2000 New York, NY
Bengt B. Broms		 Lessons from the Collapse of the New World Hotel in Singapore
1999 Dearborn, MI
Howard B. Stussman		 Construction Trends, Issues and Answers
1998 Seattle, WA
Ron A. Lewis		 Communication: The Key to Successful Construction
1997 Toronto, Ontario
C. William Bermingham		 Communications
1996 San Francisco, CA
Melvin Febesh		 Communication-The Key to Good Relations
1995 Charleston, SC
Peter J. Nicholson		 The Information Age: Innovation in Construction??
1994 Boston, MA
Jorj O. Osterberg		 Contractors, Suppliers, Enginers and Professors
1993 Pittsburgh, PA
Clyde N. Baker Jr.		 Deep Foundations for the World's Tallest Building Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
1992 New Orleans, LA
George G. Goble		 Communication of Technical Innovation
1991 Chicago, IL
Robert G. Lenz		 Replacement Mississippi River Lock & Dam 26
1990 Seattle, WA
Joseph S. Ward		 Investigation of Deep Foundations Failures
1989 Baltimore, MD
John Dunnicliff		 Geotechnical Communication-Let's Make it Better