Horodniceanu, at MTA tunnel project site in New York City, ran one of the most complicated U.S. construction programs. PHOTO: By MTA/Patrick J. Cashin
Michael Horodniceanu, former president of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Co. who navigated challenges both technical and political to guide multibillion-dollar transit projects to completion, died June 22 of pancreatic cancer at age 78.