In MemoriamRemembering East Span team members and key participants who passed away during the
project period.
1961 - 2013
Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee
BIMLA RHINEHART
Engineering and Design Advisory Panel
1923 – 2008Gerard F. (Gerry) Fox
1936 – 2010James H. Gates
1919-2006Ben C. Gerwick, Jr.
1922 – 2005James E. McCarty, Jr.
1924 – 2011Joseph Penzien
1922 – 2009F. Robert (Bob) Preece
1923 – 2007Alexander C. Scordelis
Other Design and Engineering Contributors
1924–2011Francis Paul “Frank” Bystrowski
1922–2007Jackson Leland Durkee
1940–2012Helmut Krawinkler
1940–2013Raymond R. Morgan
1945-2013Bill Beck
d.2012Iain Scott Hunter
1929–2009Edwin Kerr McNinch
1949–2009R. Gerald “Jerry” Metz, Jr
1945–2006Roy Teal
1930-2006
Caltrans Chief Bridge Engineer
James E. (Jim) Roberts
1950-2002
Sr. Transportation Engineer
Arun Sudhakar
1945-2013Ric Erskine
1938-2010Mohamad "Youssef" Hamidi
1959–2013Charles Smith
1921–2007
Advocate for bike path on Eastern Span
Alexander Zuckermann
1952–2009
Truck driver who veered off the S-curve
Tahir Sheikh Fakhar
1966–1989
Sole Bay Bridge fatality in the Loma Prieta earthquake
Anamafi Moala Kalushia