James Anthony Gaffney

James Gaffney
James Gaffney
Born	James Anthony Gaffney; 1928
Died	2 March 2016
Nationality	British
Occupation	Engineer
	Engineering career
Discipline	Civil
Institutions	Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (President 1978-79); Institution of Civil Engineers (President 1983-84); Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Projects	Construction of the M62

James Anthony "Tony" Gaffney (1928–2016) was a British civil engineer.

Gaffney was born in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales in 1928 and holds BSc and DSc degrees.^[1]^[2]

He was the County Engineer for the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time of the construction of Scammonden Reservoir and M62 in the late 1960s.^[3] He was elected president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation for the 1978-79 session and elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the 1983-84 session. ^{[citation needed]}

As part of the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours Gaffney was, on 16 June, appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in the civil division.^[4] At one point he was Director of Engineering Services at the West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.^[4]

He died on 2 March 2016 at the age of 87.^[5]

References

^ Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address, archived from the original on 3 January 2011, retrieved 24 October 2010
^ Watson 1988, p. 254.
^ "Scammonden Dam". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "No. 49768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 8.
^ "ICE obituary notices". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by John Vernon Bartlett	President of the Institution of Civil Engineers November 1983 – November 1984	Succeeded by John Anthony Derrington

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