September 2014

お知らせ（訃報：元米側部会委員）
元米側部会委員Dr. Charles Scheffey（連邦道路庁：FHWA）におかれましては、8月23日にご逝去されましたので、謹んでお知らせ申し上げます。
米側部会元事務局長Mr. Noel Raufasteより以下の連絡をいただきました。
Dr. Charles Scheffeyは、UJNRの創生期の頃ご活躍され、「荒廃するアメリカ」と言われる契機ともなったオハイオ川を渡るシルバー橋の落橋の調査チームのリーダーを務められるなど、1970年～1986年当時のFHWAにおける研究開発に貢献されました。
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Dear Friends,
Dick Wright just informed me Dr. Charles Scheffey died on 23 August 2014. Dr. Scheffey’s
obituary was published in today’s 9 September 2014, Washington Post (see below). As youremember Dr. Scheffey was an active member of the UJNR Panel on Wind and SeismicEffects. His research focus was on structural design and analysis and he published broadly onhighway transportation. Dr. Scheffey started FHWA’s Office of Research and Development in
the early 1970s. He was committed to performing cooperative research with otherorganizations and created many active and productive partnerships with domestic andinternational organizations. I know Dr. Scheffey had many Japanese friends; they may beinterested in knowing about his passing. May I ask you to send this notice of his death to hisJapanese colleagues. Thank you.
I hope you are well and are enjoying the beginning of cooler and dryer weather and to theearly start of viewing beautiful colors of autumn.
Noël Raufaste

CHARLES FRANK SCHEFFEY
Died on August 23, 2014, at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He is survived by wife Marguerite,sons Carl and John, step-daughters Melinda and Jennifer, grandchildren Tasha, Bryan, andJulie, and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ella, who diedin 2004. Known to friends and family as "Chuck," he was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, onJanuary 27, 1922. He started his career with the Army Corps of Engineers, and went on tomajor accomplishments as a civil engineer in academia and public service. He served on thefaculty of University of California, Berkeley, from 1952 to 1963. He then moved to the Federal
Highway Administration, where he ultimately became their Director of Research. He was anactive Presbyterian, volunteering for multiple leadership roles. In retirement, he used hisengineering skills to lead many volunteer construction and maintenance projects for thechurch at Lewinsville. In public speaking, he was a bit of a ham. He was loved for his jokes,
his creativity, and his charming manner. A memorial service will be held on August 30 at 3:30
p.m., Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, 1724 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA. In lieu offlowers, memorial gifts may be given to The Alzheimer's Association
Charles F. Scheffey, FHWA research director
Charles F. Scheffey, 92, who served as the director of research for the Federal Highway
Administration from 1970 until his retirement in 1986, died Aug. 23 at a hospital inAlexandria, Va. The cause was septic shock, said a son, Carl Scheffey. Dr. Scheffey, anAlexandria resident, was born in Bristol, Pa. He was an associate professor at the Universityof California at Berkeley before joining what was then the Bureau of Public Roads in 1964. He
led the team of investigators that identified the structural failure that led to the collapse ofthe Silver Bridge over the Ohio River in 1967. He received several professional honors. In
retirement, he was a transportation consultant, an adjunct professor at George Washington
University and a volunteer at the Lewinsville Presbyterian Church in McLean, Va.

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