(CivEngr'81, MS'84)
Principal
McNary Bergeron & Associates
Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award
Award Category: Industry & Commerce
W. Scott McNary has more than 30 years of experience in design, management, construction engineering and inspection of a wide range of concrete and cable-stayed bridges. He provides innovative and visionary leadership in structural and bridge engineering research, in particular with analysis and design. He has made fundamental contributions in innovative design solutions for civil infrastructure systems.
Since 2006, McNary has been actively involved with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P). His firm provided office space to B2P in its early days, and he serves as a mentor to B2P executive director and fellow CU grad, Avery Bang. McNary has served on the executive board for the past six years and is a member of their Pillars Program.
For 35 years, McNary has been a big believer in CU Engineering, lecturing as an adjunct professor in 1997 and hiring well over a dozen fellow CU engineers at his companies.