Milford chronicle., 1958-04-25
w. w. Mack Cited By
State Highway Dept.
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1851, was closely associated with
Mr.. Macdonald during the latter's
career of. Federal service, which
extended front 1913 until 1858,
when he retired.
| Likewise Mr.. Mack maintained
close contact with the affairs of
he American Association of State
Highway Officials, serving as Pres
ident of the Association in 1888, as
we'll rs serving as a member of the
Board OF Directors several times
and also serving on numerous i'm
portant committees of the Associa-
lion.
In his letter nominating Mr..
Mack for this award, r. A. Haber
Chief Engineer of the Highway
Department, reviews Mr.. Mack IS
services to this state, his continued
cooperation in highway matters and
cites that Mr. Mack is continuously
considered THE Chief Engineer of
the Department. The 1ettels of
recommendation follows:
Mr.. w. w. Mack was associated
with the Delaware State Highway
Department from 1917 to 1851. He
was Chief Engineer in Delaware
from 1929 until 1947, during which
time the State Highway System in
Delaware made rapid strides. From
1947 until 1851 Mr.. Mack was the
Director of the Delaware Crossing
Division of the State Highway De-
partment. In this capacity he super
vised the planning and construction
of the Delaware Memorial Bridge,
which crosses the Delaware River
at a point south of Wilmington and
connects with the now famous New
Jersey Turnpike.
During his long period as Chief
Engineer of the Delaware State
Highway Department, Mr. Mack
was also quite active in the Ameri-
can Association of State Highway
Officials. He served as President
of the Association in 1888. He
maintained high degree of in
terest and enthusiasm in the work
of the Association during the years,
and participated actively in the
Associations projects. He was
longtime friend and confidant of
the man for whom this memorial
is named, Thomas H. Macdonald.
Mr.. Mack, in his years as a
Highway Engineer in Delaware,
displayed a keen insight to high
way problems. He was a good,
sound, able Highway Engineer and
Administrator. Mr.. Mack brought
to Delaware much appreciated ex-
perience in engineering, plus ma
tive shrewdness of a New England
er from Vermont, transplanted to
Delaware. He is even now con-
tinuously considered by many as
THE Chief Engineer. of Delaware
Highways.
Even though he retired from ac~s
tive participation in Highway work
in 1851, Mr.. Mack has continuously
maintained an active interest in our
highway problems. From time to
time staff engineers of the Depart
ment who know him well visit with
him and discuss present conditions
and obtain from him sound advice
about procedures or methods to fol-
low.
Mr. Mack's contributions over
the years to Highway Engineering
are many, but perhaps most i'm
portant, is our realization that he
hasn't stopped contributing. He
hasn't reduced his zeal for know
ledge. He hasn't lost his interest in
cur problems. AS recently as
month ago, Mr.. Mack was writing
at the request of the Department
an article to show the History of
u. s. 40 through Delaware as
part of an article to be contained
in the National Geographic Maga-
zine.
Mr.. Mack has covered a long
span. and we certainly feel that he
has contributed outstanding service
over an extended period of time to
the art and science Of Highway En-
gineering, and therefore, heartily
recommend him for the Thomas H.