The Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance (NVTA) announced during its 16th annual “What You Need to Know About Transportation” meeting that Dewberry’s Sidney O. Dewberry, PE, LS, has been named the recipient of the Hazel Transportation Leadership Award. The award is given annually to an NVTA member who is instrumental in the growth and expansion across northern Virginia.
Dewberry founded the firm in 1956 as a land development company. Now, Dewberry serves as the chairman emeritus of the 2,200+ person firm, which has more than 50 offices nationwide. Some of the firm’s most notable northern Virginia projects include
the Dulles Greenway, key design team member on both the Dulles Corridor Metrorail and the Springfield Interchange projects, Route 28 public-private construction improvements, and the I-95 at Route 630 (Courthouse Road) diverging diamond interchange.
“Virginia has been my home for my entire life,” says Dewberry. “To watch its transformation is incredible, but to play a role in that transformation and represent a company that will facilitate expansion for years to come is a great
privilege. I am honored to receive this award and am proud of the economic growth Virginia has seen over the last seven decades.”
After attending two years at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dewberry transferred to George Washington University (GWU), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He was presented with GWU’s Distinguished Alumni
Award in 1991 and was inducted into the university’s School of Engineering Hall of Fame in 2009. Additionally, Dewberry has spent many years involved with George Mason University (GMU), where the department of civil, environmental, and infrastructure
engineering is now named after him and his wife, Reva Dewberry. GMU also recently renamed the School of Music to the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music.
In addition to Dewberry’s involvement in NVTA, he is a member of the American Public Works Association; American Society of Civil Engineers; Community College Baccalaureate Association; Engineers & Surveyors Institute; National Association of
Home Builders, Professional Women in Building Council; National Society of Professional Engineers; Surveyors Historical Society; Virginia Association of Surveyors; Virginia Chamber of Commerce; and the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.
