Structural Engineering Instruction: From The Outside In

Why would an extremely busy structural design engineer, who works full time for a multidiscipline consulting firm, commit another 20 hours per week for 12 weeks a year to teaching a university level design class? Particularly, why, when normal office hours exceed 40 hours per week, and family, volunteer, and professional society obligations demand time daily? Why would an Oregon State University professor take time away from his own teaching and research to help foster classes sponsored by industry and taught by local practitioners? Why spend sabbaticals and summers, and weekly time during the academic year, working as a consultant? The answers to these questions lie within this discussion.