User:Hajimi/sandbox

''Hello my name is Richard. I live in Kent England. I like it here.

Jean Venables CBE DSc MSc BSc(Eng) FREng CEng CEnv FICE FCGI MCIWEM MCIArb was the 144th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in 2008 and was the first women to hold this post since the fist President Thomas Telford in 1818. She has been involved in Flood Risk Management matters for many years and her service as Chairman of the Thames Region Flood Defence Committee was recognised by the award of the OBE in the 2004 New Year's Honours.

Institution of Civil Engineers
During her career Jean has served the Institution as a Member of the Council on three occasions, 1975 to 1978, 1993 to 1996, and from 2003, being elected a Vice President at the commencement of the 2003 session. In 2002, she became the first woman to be elected to the Smeatonian Society and is a member of the Worshipful Company of Engineers. Jean serves as the Institution's representative on the Court of Imperial College. Jean has been a member of many ICE Committees including the Disciplinary Board, the Investigating Panel, the Ethics Committee, Membership Committee and the Waste Management Working Party on Construction Waste. Her involvement with the ICE's Benevolent Fund has spanned over 30 years.

Awards
Garth Watson Medal for Services to the Institution in 2001. MBE received for services to Civil Engineering OBE in the 2004 New Year's Honours

Family
Jean is married to Professor Roger Venables and has two sons.