JACOB FELD (1899-1975) was a prominent structural engineer in NewYork for many years with design responsibility for a number ofimportant buildings, including the New York Coliseum, GuggenheimMuseum, Yonkers Raceway, and Lincoln Center. From 1966 until hisdeath in 1975, he was a partner in the firm of Feld, Kaminetzky& Cohen. Feld was a graduate of City College, receiving anhonorary doctor of laws degree from that institution in 1972, aswell as a PhD from the University of Cincinnati in 1922. He servedas president of the New York Academy of Sciences and was a Fellowof the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which cited himas "Metropolitan Engineer of the Year" in 1969. Feld also receivedthe Townsend Harris Award of the City College Alumni Association,the Alumni Award of the University of Cincinnati, and the FrenchOrder of Merit. He taught as a visiting professor at PurdueUniversity, Northwestern University, and North Carolina StateUniversity.

KENNETH L. CARPER, a registered architect with degrees in botharchitecture and civil engineering, is a professor in the School ofArchitecture at Washington State University. He has received manyteaching awards, including the 1994 all-university President'sFaculty Excellence Award at WSU. A past chair of the ASCE TechnicalCouncil on Forensic Engineering, Carper is the current and foundingEditor in Chief of the ASCE Journal of Performance of ConstructedFacilities. His professional awards include the national ASCEDaniel W. Mead and Richard Torrens Awards. In 1994, he was named"Engineer of the Year" by the Inland Empire Section of ASCE(Washington and Idaho). Carper has lectured extensively aboutstructural failure to students, faculty, and professional groups ofarchitects, engineers, and building officials in the United States,Canada, Europe, India, and Japan. Prior publications include thebooks Forensic Engineering and Forensic Engineering: Learning fromFailures.