Dr. Clive L. Dym, the world-renowned design educator and Harvey Mudd College Engineering Professor Emeritus, passed away on May 3, 2016.
Dr. Dym received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from The Cooper Union in 1962, his M.S. degree in Applied Mechanics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1964, and his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from the Stanford University in 1967. His vast professional experience began at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he served as an Assistant Professor for the program in Policy Sciences and also for Engineering and Applied Sciences until 1969. He then worked at the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) until 1970. After IDA, he served as an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) until 1974. During 1974–1977, he worked as a Senior Scientist with Bolt Beranek at Newman, Inc. He then joined the Department...