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 Charles
(Chuck) H. Berry Jr., P.E., is the district engineer for the
El Paso District of
the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). He became district engineer Feb.
19, 2002. The district includes Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff
Davis, and Presidio counties.
He joined TxDOT in 1979 as an engineering assistant in the El Paso District
Design Section. Berry served in various engineering roles in the roadway and
bridge design sections, and construction office before promotion to El Paso
assistant resident engineer in 1990. In 1994, he became the district's
advance-project development engineer. He was director of transportation planning
and development from 1997 until appointment to his present position.
Berry earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Rice University in
1979 and a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at
Austin in 1991. He is a professional engineer registered in Texas.
Berry was selected Engineer of the Year 2000 by the El Paso Chapter of the Texas
Society of Professional Engineers. He has served the El Paso branch of the
American Society of Civil Engineers as president and in various officer and
board positions since 1987. TxDOT selected Berry for its Master of Science in
Civil Engineering Program through which he received his master’s degree at UT
Austin. He is past chair of the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering in
El Paso (TAME - El Paso), and served as a member of the UT El Paso National
Advisory Committee for Model Institutions of Excellence.
Born and raised in El Paso, Berry and his wife, Martha, enjoy family activities,
helping to improve educational opportunities for young people, and being
grandparents.
They are parents to daughters Jennifer and Jaclyn, and to son Christopher and
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