Geoffrey Eustace Blight

Geoffrey Eustace Blight (30 July 1934 – 7 November 2013) was a professor in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), serving twice as head of department.

For his significant contributions to civil engineering Blight was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Southern Africa (1991), Honorary Fellow of the South African Institute for Civil Engineers (SAICE) (1997) and Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2000). In recognition of his work in geotechnical engineering he was the 1997 Rankine Lecturer. Provided by Wikipedia