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- Cecil graduated from University of Utah with a degree in Civil Engineering. He has a Masters degree from the University of Illinois in Hydrological Engineering. He was in charge of the Colorado River Investigation and Planning for the Bureau of Reclamation, where he worked for 25 years.
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Salt Lake Tribune for Cecil Baltzar Jacobson
Born Jan 31, 1910 in Salt Lake City to Baltzar Hans (BH) and Sarah Rebecca Stay Jacobson, the second of nine children. He married Irene Elizabeth Coleman, affectionately known as Vardie, in the Salt Lake Temple June 6, 1934 and together they raised four sons and one daughter. After her death he married Rose Conder Lewis Oct 29, 1992.
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e was employed 32 years by the Bureau of Reclamation and assisted in formulating the upper Colorado River Basin Compact and the planning of the Upper Colorado Storage Project. His expertise was also utilized by the countries of Morocco, Brazil, Philippines and the Mekong River Countries of Southeast Asia. In recognition of his Colorado River accomplishments and his foreign activities, he received the US Department of Interior Meritorious Award. He retired from federal service in 1965 to accept a position with the Upper Colorado Commission and later with BYU as professor of civil engineering. He was an active member of the LDS Church and served a full time mission with his wife Vardie.
He is survived by his wife Rose; four sons; one daughter, Vardie Anne; stepson, William; 33 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; brother, Joseph; and two sisters, Margaret, Catherine.
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1910 - 2002 (92 years)
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