William Emmett

William W. ‘Bill’ Emmett,  age 85, passed away on January 4, 2023, in Littleton, Colorado.

Bill was born in Miami, Florida to Dewey Lee and Adele Hudgins Emmett on February 12, 1937, at Victoria Hospital, half of a twin set with sister Dorothy Adele.  Educated in local schools including Miami Edison Senior High School, he received his BCE from Georgia Tech in 1959 and with academic fellowship his MSCE from Georgia Tech in 1961.

The United States Geological Survey hired him in 1961 to support his research and later in 1961 he transferred to Washington, D.C. to be Research Assistant to Chief Hydrologist, Luna Leopold.  In 1968, he received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University as a candidate in the USGS graduate school program.  In addition to Washington, D.C., he also served in Atlanta, Georgia, Anchorage, Alaska, Boise, Idaho and Lakewood, Colorado.  His contributions are recorded in an extensive bibliography. Bill retired in 1995 from the USGS.

He married Lynda Lee Plunkett on April 20, 1970 who preceded him in death on August 13, 2020, he is also preceded in death by his parents and an older brother.  They have two sons, William Lee (Karis Maile) and Benjamin Lee and two grandchildren, Olivia Ann and Greyson William.

Private burial in Littleton Cemetery will be at a later date.