Suthan Suthersan

Suthan Suthersan (10 June 1956 – 20 February 2017) was an environmental engineer; he served as the chief technical officer and executive vice president of Arcadis North America.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Suthan Suthersan
Born	(1956-06-10)10 June 1956 Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Died	20 February 2017(2017-02-20) (aged 60)[1] Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Nationality	Sri Lankan American
Education	Jaffna Central College, University of Peradeniya, Asian Institute of Technology, University of Toronto
Occupation(s)	Environmental engineer (with specializations in geomicrobiology, geomorphology, mineralogy)
Spouse	Sumathy Suthersan
Children	2
Website	suthansuthersan.com

Early life

Dr. Suthersan had his childhood education at the rural schools of Sri Lanka in Mankulam, Kodikamam, Valaichenai, Wattegama and Pesalai due to his father's career at Sri Lanka Railways. He joined Jaffna Central College for his secondary education.^[9]

He entered the engineering faculty at the University of Peradeniya and went for his master's degree at the Asian Institute of Technology. He did his Ph.D. in environmental engineering at the University of Toronto.^[9]

Career

He joined Clean Harbors in Boston, a pure hazardous waste handling and removal company, and then the Groundwater Technology Inc. at their corporate office in Norwood, Massachusetts.^[9]

He later joined Geraghty and Miller which headquartered in Long Island. There he had come under the guidance of David Miller; he introduced him to Steve Blake and both encouraged and enabled him to build the technical foundation to make Geraghty and Miller, which later became Arcadis North America.^[9]

Bibliography

• Suthan S. Suthersan, Fred C. Payne (2004), In Situ Remediation Engineering, CRC Press, ISBN 978-1-5667-0653-7