A lifelong employee of the San Francisco-based international engineering firm the Bechtel Group, Inc., Darrell W. (Chuck) Halligan retired as Senior Vice President in 1987. He led the effort in 1972 to design the trains for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. Fully automated and computer controlled, the trains share more in common with jetliners than with traditional subway cars, and in 1997 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers designated BART a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. His career also dealt extensively with the design and construction of nuclear power plants.
Following his retirement, Chuck served as an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley and continues with Bechtel as a consultant. Now living in Sun River, Mr. Halligan serves OSU through his participation on the College of Engineering Advisory Board.
Degrees
- B.S. Civil Engineering, 1952