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Profiles of key industry leaders' deaths and industry contributions and succession

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Obituary: Innovator Jim O'Brien, 91, Kept Projects, Clients, on Critical Path

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Debra K. Rubin
January 6, 2021
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CPM scheduling guru and CM firm co-founder also authored the field's first textbook in 1965, still in wide use.
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Maj. Gen. 'Bo' Temple, Who Primed Army Corps for Big Jobs, Dies at 67

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November 10, 2020
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Former Corps leader led a major agency 'transformation' to tackle an estimated $73-billion global military building expansion launched more than a decade ago.
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ACE Mentor Los Angeles Founder C. Terry Dooley Dies at Age 90

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October 16, 2020
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Construction veteran and civil engineer who founded industry group that has mentored 1,500 students and raised $1 million for college scholarships, died Sept. 27.


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Visionary Developer Gerald Hines Dies at 95

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August 24, 2020
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Gerald D. Hines, founder and chairman of the global real estate firm Hines, died Sunday, Aug. 23 at age 95.


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Obituary: Greg Howell, 77, Was Longtime Lean Construction Proponent

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June 23, 2020
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Former consultant and civil engineering academic co-founded leading advocacy group the Lean Construction Institute.
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Obituary: Oscar C. Boldt, 96, Pushed Family Firm to Top Markets, High Standards

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June 14, 2020
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Seven-decade leader, who died June 9, reversed Wisconsin contractor's near bankruptcy, keeping growth steady with attention to clients and community.
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John Eberhard, 93, Founder of New York State University's Sole Architecture School

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June 3, 2020
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Known as far back as the mid-1960s for a radical notion that the architect of the future would be a manager of many disciplines—among them engineering, psychology, politics, economics, ecology, art and technology— the industry pioneer died May 2 from complications from COVID-19 and congestive heart failure.


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Joachim Ebert, Arcadis US CEO, Dies at 51; Permanent Successor Named

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May 13, 2020
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Britain's Balfour Beatty and France’s VINCI tap Michael Dyke to manage UK high-speed rail projects worth $6.2 billion.
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NJ Transit Rail Ops Exec Dies April 18 of COVID-19 Complications

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April 25, 2020
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Ray Kenny, 69, was tapped in 2019 to boost NJT operations, including positive train control deadline; line confirms that CEO Kevin Corbett is on home quarantine after positive test.
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Obituary: Bill Gianelli, 101, Built Calif.'s Landmark Water Delivery System

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April 12, 2020
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Engineer executed epic and controversial state water-power project, followed Ronald Reagan to D.C. as a Corps exec and mentored hundreds of water professionals.
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