SKOG Architect-engineer Harley Ellis Devereaux, Southfield, Mich., has promoted Gary L. Skog from chief marketing officer to CEO. In that role, he replaces Dennis M. King, who remains chairman. King also becomes interim managing principal of the Detroit office, replacing James W. Page, who retired. Enrique Suarez has been named managing principal in Chicago. Formerly corporate and commercial studio leader, he replaces John H. Nelson, who is retiring. Lawrence H. “Larry” Roth, executive vice president and deputy executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Va., will join ARCADIS U.S. Inc., the Highlands Ranch, Colo., engineering and services

Photo: AP/Wideworld A photo of the daring rescue last June of a stranded boater in Des Moines, Iowa, by construction worker Jason Oglesbee won a Pulitzer Prize on April 12 for photographer Mary Chind of the Des Moines Register. She captured Oglesbee, part of a bridge construction crew for contractor Cramer & Associates, Grimes, Iowa, as he reached for Patricia Ralph-Neely. Oglesbee was named a 2009 ENR Newsmaker for his effort and on behalf of Cramer’s quick-thinking crew.

Hillman’s master’s thesis at Virginia Tech focused on lightweight floor systems for steel-framed buildings. Hillman worked with Prof. Thomas Murray in a research assistantship funded by the American Institute of Steel Construction. Diagrams: John Hillman Work on floor systems led to interest in composites. Related Links: Award of Excellence Winner 2010: John Hillman Hillman’s design used a 7.5-in.-thick steel deck atop a 5/8-in. deck perpendicular to each other and screwed together. The screws became shear connectors. The deck is topped by a layer of concrete. In his concept, the system could span 30 ft with flooring that was only 9.5

STONE Dewberry, an engineer-architect based in Fairfax, Va., has named Donald E. Stone Jr. as its new CEO. He had been chief operating officer and infrastructure engineering services practice-area leader. Additionally, Dan M. Pleasant, president of Dewberry’s Southeast division, has been promoted to replace him. Environmental engineer Tetra Tech, Pasadena, Calif., has appointed Daniel L. Johnson as vice president, based in its Golden, Colo., office. He is previously vice president and principal with GEI Consultants. David LaFrance has been named executive director of the Denver-based American Water Works Association, effective on May 3. He had been the finance director for

Grace Lai’s interest in construction began right where the bus would drop her off hours before class at Chicago’s American Academy of Art. Starting out as a sidewalk sketcher, Lai was soon invited inside the project gate to become a celebrated “on-site” artist, earning commissions from contractors and building developers, as well as tradespeople’s nods of approval. As an artist, Lai was a late bloomer, going to art school and taking up painting in her late 50s after her husband, Harry, died in 1985. Previously, she was an assistant in his art studio. Lai’s art was her personal therapy, but

WILTON James L. Wilton, former chairman and president of San Francisco engineering firm Jacobs Associates and an expert in excavation design of deep cut-and-cover structures, died on March 16 in Woodside, Calif., of lung cancer. He was 83. Wilton, who joined the firm in 1957, was named president in 1974 and chairman in 1985. He served in those posts until his 1992 retirement. Wilton worked on numerous large global projects, including rapid transit systems in San Francisco, New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C., Venezuela’s Yacambu irrigation tunnel, the Arenal power tunnel in Costa Rica and the Victoria Arts Center

MAGGIO FISHMAN Robert E. Fishman has joined nuclear and alternative-energy firm AREVA Inc., Bethesa, Md., as president and CEO of its new global solar business unit. He had been chairman and CEO of solar-power-generator developer Ausra, Mountain View, Calif., which AREVA acquired on Feb. 8. Fishman will be based in Mountain View to lead the unit, the name of which will be announced in late March, says an Ausra spokeswoman. The acquisition reflects AREVA’s intention “to be the world leader in concentrated solar power and to further strengthen and diversify its renewables portfolio,” says the firm. Charles Maggio has joined

GRAHAM Bruce J. Graham, a nearly 30-year partner of Chicago architecture giant Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and a driver of high-rise designs that now define the Windy City’s skyline, died on March 6 in Hobe Sound, Fla., at age 84. The cause was complication of Alzheimer’s disease, say published reports. Graham, degreed in both architecture and civil engineering, led design of Chicago’s first two buildings to reach or exceed 100 stories: the John Hancock Center in 1970 and the Sears Tower in 1974. Graham, who joined SOM in 1951 and was partner from 1960 until he left in 1989, pushed

BONCHER John Boncher has been promoted to CEO of Cupertino Electric Inc., a San Jose, Calif., electrical contractor, effective in April. The 21-year company veteran remains president and had been chief operating officer. In his new role, Boncher replaces James Ryley, who retires next month as CEO but remains chairman. Ryley joined Cupertino in 1959 as an apprentice electrician and became CEO in 1997. Insurance broker and risk consultant Marsh, New York City, has named Mark Reagan, a 40-year industry veteran, chairman of its global construction practice. He had been managing director of the construction services group at insurance broker