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Doris I. Willmer
Chapter Honor Members
1 Ira O. Baker*
6 Hardy Cross*
10 Jamison Vawter*
11 Harold E. Babbit*
12 Fred B. Seely*
13 Thomas C. Shedd*
14 Arthur N. Talbot*
15 John S. Crandell*
17 James J. Doland*
18 Melvin L. Enger*
19 Ralph Modjeski*
21 Edward E. Bauer *
22 Loran D. Gayton*
24 Harvey H. Jordan*
25 George H. Dell*
26 Ralph B. Peck*
29 Eugene J. Daily*
32 William W. Hay*
33 Edwin H. Gaylord*
35 Paul F. Kent*
37 N. Norby Nielson*
38 Fazlur R. Khan*
39 Alfred Benesch*
42 Carl A. Metz*
54 Chester P. Siess*
55 Frank Klein
56 Clyde E. Kesler*
59 Paul A. Kuhn
64 Wayne C. Teng*
66 Paul D. Koch
84 Nancy Gavlin
91 Louis Bowman
* deceased
P.E., LEED APBS 72, MS 73
Founder and President: Willmer Engineering Inc., Doraville, Georgia
Doris I. Willmer earned her B.S. (1972) and M.S. (1973) degrees from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As founder and president of Willmer Engineering Inc., she brings more than 38 years of professional civil engineering consulting experience in design and management to Willmer Engineering as a Principal Consultant for environmental engineering projects. She is involved in all aspects of the company’s management and administration.
Willmer began her consulting career in Atlanta, Ga., with the design consortium for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit System. She was a civil engineer project manager and designer for major commercial development, shopping malls and transportation projects throughout the southeast. She also conducted applied engineering research, developing public productivity improvement programs for local governments, energy conservation programs for schools and hospitals, and evaluating regulatory impact on small businesses. In 1976, Willmer won an internship to serve on Senator Sam Nunn’s staff in Washington, D.C. During that time, she prepared white papers and speeches for the Senator on energy conservation and fuel alternatives.
Ms. Willmer serves as immediate Past-President on the Board of Directors of the American Council of Engineering Companies and is the Chair of the Governance Task Force for 2008-2009. She is currently serving as Chair of the Bylaws Committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES) and is a member of the Computer Based Testing Committee for NCEES. She has recently completed a five year term as a civil engineering representative to the Georgia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Chair 2007 and 2008). Ms. Willmer is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers and the DeKalb County and Georgia Chambers of Commerce. She is actively involved in middle school and collegiate mentoring programs and served five years as chair of Georgia Engineers Week Introduce a Girl to Engineering luncheon.
Her numerous awards include the 2009 ACEC/G President’s Award, 2004 Georgia Engineering Alliance Engineer of the Year in Private Practice, May 2002 Competitive Edge Magazine Woman in Business Profile, and 1983 GSPE Young Engineer of the Year.
Doris Willmer is known at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for exemplary performance and outstanding achievement in the consulting engineering profession; for extensive service to civic, humanitarian and professional organizations; for strong commitment to encouraging women to join the engineering field; and for enduring support of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois.
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