Related Links: IBI Gruzen Samton website   GruzenJordan Gruzen devoted himself to urban architecture in and around New York City. He died on Jan. 27 from cancer. He was 80. In the early 1960s, Gruzen and his college classmate Peter Samton joined Kelly & Gruzen, founded by Gruzen's father in 1936. Gruzen and Samton became partners in 1967. In 2009, Gruzen Samton merged with the nearly 2,800-person IBI Group and is now known as IBI Group-Gruzen Samton. The 50-person New York City office has a portfolio that includes schools, colleges, dormitories, courthouses, transportation terminals, residential complexes, facilities for the elderly

Related Links: Website of Olsson Associates, Lincoln, Neb. Geotech Engineer Leland Walker, ASCE President and 1960s ENR AwardeeLeland J. Walker, who led efforts beginning in the 1960s to raise engineering education standards and boost the influence and image of civil engineers through industry group collaboration, died on Dec. 31. He was 91.WalkerThe founder of a predecessor of geotech engineer Northern Engineering and Testing, he was the first in that sector to become president, in 1977. of the American Society of Civil Engineers. According to ASCE, he helped spearhead formation of what would become the American Association of Engineering Societies "to

Related Links: Xtreme Unveils Largest Telehandler at CONEXPO Top 25 Newsmakers of 2014: Don Ahern President of XTreme Manufacturing and noted equipment engineer Lee Kramer died in Las Vegas on Jan. 18 from pneumonia. He was 67.KRAMERKramer joined Xtreme in 2003 as vice president of engineering. He played a key role in developing the firm's lineup of telehandlers, which now includes the world's largest, Xtreme XR7038. Introduced last year at CONEXPO, the machine had a lift capacity of 65,000 lb but was soon upgraded to 70,000 lb. "Although pragmatic, Lee had a willingness to push the boundaries on design and

Related Links: After Elections, Workplace-Organizing Bill Faces Longer Odds http://enr.construction.com/technology/information_technology/2010/1027-everifyissue.asp E-Verify Issue, Quiet for Now, Likely To Return After Elections KnottKatherine "Kelly" Knott, 45, a former lobbyist for the Associated General Contractors on employer issues, including immigration, labor relations and risk management, died on Dec. 3 in Alexandria, Va.The cause was breast cancer, according to an online obituary.From March 2001 to July 2011, Knott was an AGC congressional relations director. She spoke out on AGC member concerns, such as the need for comprehensive immigration reform and terrorism insurance.AGC Chief Executive Stephen Sandherr told ENR that Knott still kept up relationships

Georgia State University Herman J. Russell, who built a successful building business in Atlanta and was a noted philanthropist and activist, died on Nov. 15 at age 83. Related Links: Herman J. Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship Memoir: Building Atlanta-How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire Link to Herman J. Russell, business history photo gallery Herman J. "HJ" Russell, whose instinct to buy a vacant Atlanta lot at age 16 propelled him to found a construction and real estate firm involved in building many city landmarks—and made him one of the country's most successful and well-known

Kohn Pederson Fox President of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, he worked on some of the worlds tallest buildings Related Links: KPF Engineering News-Record Paul Katz, president of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC since 2010 and a 30-year veteran of the architecture firm, died on Nov. 20 of septic shock after a brief battle with colon cancer. The South African native was 57.Katz was known for his work on mixed-use supertall buildings, including the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center—at 492 meters, the world's fifth-tallest building—and the 118-story International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong—at 484 m, the world's sixth-tallest high-rise.Recently, Katz was

Richard "Dick" Geary, who rose from a Kiewit Corp. highway project engineer in Oregon to president of the giant contractor's corporate unit that won and executed its signature I-15 design-build project in Utah in the 1990s, died on Oct. 19 in Lake Oswego, Ore.

Frank Bardonaro Sr., who, over several decades, helped to streamline the operations of crane rental firms, died in Cincinnati on Oct. 21. He was 71.BARDONAROBardonaro served as dispatcher and operations manager for 27 years at Carlisle Crane, which, in 1999, joined with Anthony Crane to become known as Maxim Crane Works LP. He left Maxim in 2002 to become vice president of operations for Ohio at AmQuip, later working as that firm's special-projects manager until his death.According to Frank Bardonaro Jr., his father designed processes—such as matching crane-operator qualifications to assigned machines and contractor requirements—that made renting cranes safer and

Related Links: Website of RWDI On line death notice of Walter Podolny Jr., memorial service details Online obituary- Henry C. Hines Website of The DiSalvo Engineering Group WilliamsColin J. Williams, 66, an expert in microclimate impacts on building performance and founding partner of Canadian design firm Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, died on Sept. 17 in Elora, Ontario. The cause of death was cancer, says the company. In a 40-year career at the Guelph, Ontario, firm, he helped grow it from a small regional company to a 400-person global consultancy, says CEO Michael Soligo. Williams “was a much published author

Related Links: Structural Engineer Daniel A. Cuoco Remembered Thornton Tomasetti Structural engineer Daniel A. Cuoco, former president and CEO of Thornton-Tomasetti, died of cancer on Sept. 21. He was 68 years old.He joined the New York City-based firm in 1971, when it was named Lev Zetlin Associates. He became president in 2002 and president and CEO in 2008. He retired in 2011.CUOCOIn the mid-1980s, Cuoco formed LZA Technology, the firm's structural forensics arm. After the World Trade Center attacks, he identified this work as his most important job, say his colleagues. Beginning on Sept. 11, 2001, Cuoco led a team