Kenneth Durant : Engineering Hall of Fame - 2007

Upon graduating from OSU, Ken Durant served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and then worked for five years with the Simpson Timber Company as a project engineer before joining the Portland office of CH2M HILL, where he was responsible for landing several early projects for companies like Union Carbide, Wacker, and National Semiconductor. In 1985, Durant led the formation of Industrial Design and Construction (IDC), a separate company in CH2M HILL dedicated to private sector work. He was the president of IDC from its formation until his retirement in 2005. Under his leadership, IDC grew from a staff of 40 to 1,500 and became the leading high technology facility design firm in the world. He also served several terms on the Board of Directors of CH2M HILL.