Prof. Dov Leshchinsky - My dear friend, lifetime mentor, and highly-respected scholar

摘要

I came to know the name of Prof. Dov Leshchinsky back to 1997 when I prepared for an on-campus interview at the University of Delaware. One of my professors at Georgia Tech told me that the University of Delaware had one famous professor in geotechnical engineering, Prof. Dov Leshchinsky, and I should get to know his work and contributions. Luckily, the World Wide Web (www) just became popular at that time and I was able to find some information about himself and his work. I was very impressed with his achievements at such a young age. However, I was more concerned about how to pronounce his last name correctly and what questions I should ask him when I met him. When I arrived at the University of Delaware, I learned that he was on sabbatical leave in Israel. It was a big relief for me, but also I felt pity for not being able to meet him in person. The first time I actually met Prof.