WSPE Professional Engineer of the Year

Current Recipient

2008 WSPE Professional Engineer of the year, John D. Hooper, P.E., S.E.

John D. Hooper, P.E., S.E., is Director of Earthquake Engineering and a Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), an award-winning 171-person structural and civil engineering firm in Seattle, Washington. John grew up in Everett and has lived in Washington throughout his 27-year career. He is an extremely valuable member of the engineering community, who gives extensively of his time and talents to lead the development of the next generation of seismic safety design requirements.

Professionally, John has contributed to more than 300 projects in his 11 years at MKA, serving in a capacity of either Principal-in-Charge or Seismic Specialist. His expertise spans all building types, from multi-million-dollar football stadiums to “Essential Facility” medical centers to historic building rehabilitations.

In addition to project work, John is involved with innumerable committees charged with code development, research, standards review, and more. He is involved with the Applied Technology Council, Building Seismic Safety Council, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and the International Code Committee, to name a few. He is also active in the Structural Engineers Association of Washington and was named SEAW’s Engineer of the Year in 1995.

John earned his Bachelor of Science of Civil Engineering from Seattle University in 1981 and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984.

Criteria

  1. Nominee is a professional engineer.
  2. Has made significant contributions in the application of engineering to meeting community needs.
  3. Has significantly advanced the art of engineering.
  4. Has actively participated in community affairs and technical societies.

Past Recipients

  • - Alan Werner PE
  • - W. Paul Grant PE - PanGEO
  • - Don Northey, PE -
  • - Nancy E Duevel PE - Brown & Caldwell
  • - Jon D. Magnusson PE - Skilling, Ward, Magnusson
  • - Roger C. Young PE - ELCON Associates
  • - Edwin T. Huston PE - Smith-Houston
  • - Milton A. Tiede PE - Boeing Co - ret.
  • - Robert N. Parnell PE - R N Parnell Co
  • - Robert W. Walker PE - Boeing Co.
  • - Wally F. Urbick PE - Boeing Co.
  • - Theodore O. Wright PE - Boeing - ret.
  • - Kenneth W. Porter PE - Pulse Turbine Ltd.
  • - Roy Avent PE - Louis Warner Co.
  • - Anne Symonds PE - Anne Symonds & Associates
  • - Noel Ralph Adams PE - AHBL Inc.
  • - William D. Ward PE - Skilling, Ward, Magnusson,...
  • - Ark G. Chin PE-Kramer, Chin & Mayo
  • - Thomas J. Martin PE - Boeing CAG, retired
  • - Paul C. Juhasz PE - Wash. State Energy Off., retired
  • - Marie Ann Huff PE - Chute Engineering
  • - Ernest F. Dodge PE - URS Corporation
  • - Kenneth L. McGowan PE - McGowan Broz Engineer
  • - Jack F. Eisenhawer PE - Bouillon Christofferson &..
  • - G. W. Van Wierenger PE - Entranco Engineers
  • - M. Delles PE - Entranco Engineers
  • - Luke Zankich PE - Marine Power & Equipment
  • - Robert Bergseth PE - University of Washington
  • - Arthur B. Sirjord PE - The Richardson Associates
  • - Martin J. Boivin PE - Army Corps of Engineers
  • - Arvid Grant PE - Arvid Grant & Associates, Inc
  • - Thomas E. Sparling PE - Sparling & Associates, Inc
  • - John Stuart Miller PE - Thompson, Miller & Lyons
  • - Lawrence M. Baugh PE - Baugh Construction Co.
  • - Frederic L.S. Salinger PE - Port of Seattle
  • - Charles V. (Tom) Gibbs PE - Metro
  • - Cecil L. Browder PE - Cecil L. Browder & Associates
  • - Phillip F. Spaulding PE - Phillip Spaulding & Asso.
  • - Lincoln Bouillon PE - Bouillon Christofferson &....
  • - Daniel J. Evans PE - Governor & U.S. Senator