LEVEE HISTORY
CHIEF ENGINEERS
Nine individuals have served as Chief Engineers and guided the activities and fortunes of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District for the past 129 years:
- T.G. Dabney served the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District as Chief Engineer from 1884 to 1920 and had further service as Consulting Engineer.
- W.L. Head served as Assistant Engineer and as Chief Engineer from 1920 to 1930.
- N.E. Offenheiser served as Assistant Engineer and as Chief Engineer from 1930 to 1942.
- W.T. McKie served as Assistant Engineer and as Chief Engineer from 1942 to 1964.
- Joseph F. Mooney served as Chief Engineer from 1964 to 1991 and has had further service as Consulting Engineer from 1991 to 2000.
- Kenneth Weiland served as Chief Engineer from 1991 to 2000.
- Kelly Greenwood served as Chief Engineer from 2002 to 2013.
- Bruce Cook served as Chief Engineer from 2013 to 2020.
- Bill Sheppard currently serves as Chief Engineer.