Mahdi S. Hantush

Mahdi S. Hantush (1921–1984) was a prominent Hydrologist known for his analytical work on leaky aquifers and well hydraulics. He is the founder of the Hydrology Program at New Mexico Tech. Mahdi Hantush earned his first degree as a civil engineer in his native Iraq. He then moved to the United States where he obtained an MSc. in Irrigation Engineering at UC Berkeley in 1947. He followed this up with a doctorate in civil engineering at the University of Utah under C.E. Jacob. In 1954 Hantush received a call to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology where he developed one of the first graduate programs in Groundwater Hydrology and headed it for over a decade. His program attracted students from all over the world. As a civil...