Paul Matt, 85, who died on June 30, had a 65-year career building more than 450 structures, including Southern California icons such as the Skirball Cultural Center, The Broad, the Petersen Automotive Museum, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Beverly Hills and the Wilshire Boulevard Temple restoration.

John M. Hanson, former Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. president, helped guide it to be an industry-leading forensics engineer.

Structural engineer Edward Cohen, CEO of Ammann & Whitney from 1977 to 1996, died Jan. 28, at age 96.

Tudor Van Hampton, ENR’s managing editor who died on Feb. 4, meant so much to so many.

The Detroit-based structural engineer helped realize the design visions of famed architects Eero Saarinen and Minoru Yamasaki.