John W. Kangas

M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota                          B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota

John Kangas is a senior hydraulic engineer in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  He was appointed U.S. Secretary of the International Lake Superior, Niagara, and International St. Lawrence River Boards of Control in August 1993. He provides staff support to the Division Commander, who is the US Chairman of the IJC’s three Great Lakes Control Boards.  Prior to his appointment as US Secretary, he provided staff support to the Control Boards since 1978, and has participated on several IJC studies.  This included membership on the Coastal Zone Subcommittee of the International Lake Erie Regulation Study.  The Subcommittee looked at Great Lakes-wide flooding and erosion impacts of several proposed regulation plans, as well as the impacts of potential changes in water diversions for the Great Lakes Diversions and Consumptive Uses Study.  He is the US Chair of the Coordinating Committee on Great Lakes Basic Hydraulic and Hydrologic Data.