BSCE 1953 - CCESeichi Konno was born in Redmond, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ, in 1925 and at age 16, he and his family were removed from their home and sent to an internment camp in Wyoming where he completed high school. Konno later entered the U.S. Army and at the end of World War II attended OSU, graduating in civil engineering in 1953. In 1954, Konno began work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska where he led the effort to survey the entire length of the Yukon River. After a short period in private practice, he returned to the Army Corps, serving in the structures section of the Portland District. He led the design and construction of approximately 15 hydroelectric projects, many in the Columbia, Rogue and Willamette River Basins. His largest project was the Bonneville Second Navigation Lock. His work on flood control also took him to Puerto Rico, South Korea and Japan. Konno retired in 1989.