"MANTECA - Alex Hildebrand, a south Delta farmer and engineer who twice fought the peripheral canal and understood the estuary as well as anyone, died this morning at his home.
He was 98.
“Many, many of the engineers that have had anything to do with the Delta have often come up to me and said, вЂNobody understands the Delta like your father. вЂNo one,' " Hildebrand's daughter, Mary, said today.
“He had such a very special combination of qualities that contributed to his advocacy for our region." " read more.......
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He was 98.
“Many, many of the engineers that have had anything to do with the Delta have often come up to me and said, вЂNobody understands the Delta like your father. вЂNo one,' " Hildebrand's daughter, Mary, said today.
“He had such a very special combination of qualities that contributed to his advocacy for our region." " read more.......
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120123/A_NEWS/120129957