Navy Distinguished Civilian
Glen D. McDowell ’70
Summer 2005
Civil engineering alumnus Glen McDowell
of Virginia Beach, Va., has received the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service
Medal, the highest honor a Navy civilian can attain.
McDowell is vice president and director of planning at Clark Nexsen,
an architecture, engineering, planning and interior design firm in
Norfolk. He’s the 22nd civilian in the history of the Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Atlantic (NAVFAC) worldwide to receive the honor.
The medal is awarded by the secretary of the Navy to private citizens,
government officials and technical personnel who serve the U.S. Navy
as advisers or consultants.
McDowell has over 33 years of experience with NAVFAC Atlantic, most
recently as director, base development and planning. He has been the
planner in charge on numerous projects for the Department of Defense.
McDowell is the former president of both the Norfolk branch and the
Virginia chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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