A memorial service will be held June 30 for John V. Huddleston, professor emeritus in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, who died Feb. 18 in his Williamsville home. He was 73.

A native of Houston, Huddleston earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at Columbia, where he received the Illig Medal for academic achievement. He served on the UB faculty from 1967-1994.

The recipient of two Fulbright fellowships to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he wrote 10 books on engineering and computer language. He also owned a Buffalo computer business called Exchange Computing Systems.

An avid outdoorsman and jogger, Huddleston sang bass in a number of local church choirs, and enjoyed woodworking, golf and travel.