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WE regret to note that the death of Mr. ISHAM RANDOLPH on August 2, at seventy-two years of age, is announced in the Engineer for September 10. Mr. Randolph's most prominent work was on the Chicago drainage canal, of which he was chief engineer from 1893 until 1907, and, was thereafter its consulting engineer until 1912; this, great work cost about 12,000,000l., and has a hydroelectric plant of 40,000 h.p. He was a member of the international board of consulting engineers for the Panama Canal, and occupied many other important public posts. Mr. Randolph was a member of many engineering societies, including the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Franklin Institute awarded him the Elliott Cresson Medal for distinguished achievements in civil enr gineering, and the University of Illinois conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Engineering in 1910.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 106, 86 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106086b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106086b0