When Joe Maloney, secretary-treasurer of the Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO, heard that ENR editors had selected him to be the 40th recipient of the magazines Award of Excellence, his response was "jeepers creepers...oh Lordy, I have to pinch myself."
Those expressions were typical of the personality that Washington correspondent Sherie Winston came to know as she trailed along with Maloney in Washington, D.C.; Orlando, Fla.; and Kansas City, Mo., reporting this weeks Award of Excellence cover story.