Papers of Evan Vlachos

Evan Vlachos worked as a professor of both Civil Engineering and Sociology at Colorado State University (CSU) for fifty years. He was also highly involved in applied research, consulting, seminars, and projects both nationally and internationally with federal agencies, foreign governments, the United Nations, the European Commission, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Much of his work focused on urban planning, water resource planning and management, the future of water, hydro-diplomacy, and water conflict. His work followed the changing fields of engineering--specifically water resources--and the growing global interest in water resources and environmental futures.

Evan Vlachos, a native of Greece, received his LL.B. from the University of Athens in 1959. He went on to earn his M.A. (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) in sociology from Indiana University. After working as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at both Pierce College in Athens (1964-1966) and the University of Colorado (1966-1967), he began teaching sociology at Colorado State University in 1967. In 1973, Vlachos received a dual teaching appointment in the Sociology Department and Civil Engineering Department. Vlachos would continue to teach until his retirement as a Professor Emeritus in 2008. During his time at CSU, Vlachos also served as the Director of the Environmental Resources Center (1979-1984) and the Associate Director of the International School for Water Resources (1985-2008).

Vlachos' professional work was hardly restricted to CSU, however. He served as a consultant on projects for several federal agencies--including the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the National Science Foundation--multiple foreign governments, and several international organizations. He served as a member of the Environmental Advisory Board for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the Advisory Panel on Environmental and Earth Sciences & Technology for NATO (1993-2000); as a consultant to the Water Division of UNESCO; and as an external evaluator for the graduate water resources programs at several Greek universities. In addition, Vlachos authored more than 10 books or chapters of books (his chapter on "Shared Water" is found extensively within the collection), 42 monographs or technical reports, and 130 papers for professional meetings and conferences.

Vlachos received the Army's Outstanding Civilian Service Medal in 1987 and the American Water Resources Association's Icko Iben Award in 1993.

Vlachos was born November 15, 1935, in Piraeus, Greece, and died on June 16, 2017, in Boulder, Colorado. He married Virginia Pakes in 1962, and the couple had two children, Dean and Irene.