BSCE 1950 - CCEFormerly vice president and chief engineer of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., Martin Kelley's 40-year civil engineering career included key roles in some of the world’s largest and most complex engineering projects--from ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s Detroit Dam and the San Francisco Trans-Bay Tube and Tunnel Project, to the Danish Great Belt Crossing off the coast of Denmark and New York City’s 63rd Street Tube and Tunnel Project. In 2001, Mr. Kelley gave the College of Engineering $20 million--the largest cash gift ever given to OSU--to construct the Kelley Engineering Center. He has received the two highest engineering honors given in this country: the 1988 Golden Beaver Award for Outstanding Achievement in Heavy Engineering Construction and the 1999 Moles Members Award. He is only the second engineer in history to have earned both awards. Mr. Kelley serves on the College of Engineering Advisory Board, the Construction Education Foundation Board, and has served as president of the OSU Foundation Board of Directors. He received the OSU College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award in 1993, and in 2002 the university recognized Mr. Kelley with its highest honor, the E.B Lemon Award. He is an active supporter of the College's programs on advancement of engineering education.