Figg Engineering Group senior vice president Robert Wellner has died suddenly on 9 February. Bob was born in 1928 and graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of South Carolina. After serving in the US Navy and achieving the rank of Lieutenant, he worked at Bethlehem Steel until retiring in 1983. After retirement, Bob began a second career by joining Figg, where he was involved in the design of numerous high-profile bridges in the USA, including the Natchez Trace Parkway Arches, the Clark Bridge over the Mississippi, the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge, the Sagadahoc Bridge in Maine.