James C. I. Dooge
MS 1956 in Mechanics and Hydraulics
James C. I. Dooge is a consultant hydrologist
for the Engineering Hydrology Department at University College of
Galway and Professor Emeritus at the Center for Water Resources
Research, University College Dublin,
Dublin, Ireland. A founding father of modern computer-based,
system hydrology, he also had a long and varied career in politics.
His 1961-77 service as Senator included helping rewrite the Irish
Constitution. He was minister of Foreign Affairs, 1981-83, and senate
majority leader, 1983-87. He also served as a member of both the
Irish Council of State and the Presidential Commission.
In 1986, he received the Bowie Medal from the American Geophysical Union and has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Waeningen (Holland), Lund (Sweden), and Birmingham (England), as well as from the University Dublin. Dr. Dooge has been a professor of civil engineering at two of Ireland's leading universities, the University College Cork and the University College Dublin. The Institute of Engineers has twice awarded him the Mullins Silver Medal for hydrological contributions. In 2000, he was awarded honorary doctorates in engineering by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Technical University of Cracow, Poland. In 2001, he received honorary doctorates in science from the National University of Ireland and the Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. And in 2006, The Royal Academy of Engineering awarded its Prince Philip Medal to Dooge, recognizing him as an outstanding figure in the field of hydrology.