Forrest W. Parrott (1947) Born in Danville, IA, Forrest W. Parrott was the second Sioux City professional to serve in AGC’s top post. He graduated from Elliott Business School and was later elected County Auditor and began work for the State Highway Department, eventually moving on to C.F. Lytle Construction Co., where he stayed [read more...]
Warren S. Bellows (1946) This proud builder founded W.S. Bellows in 1914 and more than 100 years later, a Bellows still sits at its helm. With humble beginnings in Canada, Bellows moved the company first to Kansas, then Oklahoma, before settling in Houston, TX, in 1936 after winning the bid to build the San [read more...]
Harry A. Dick (1945) Considered a national leader in the field of heavy construction, Harry A. Dick served as the vice president of Portland, OR’s Gilpin Construction and, eventually, president, as the company folded into General Construction, a firm that endures today. Dick was one of the founders of Portland’s labor-management committee and tried [read more...]
William Muirhead (1944) It was a tumultuous year to be AGC’s President, but William Muirhead, whose eponymous company was based in Durham, NC, predicted massive growth in the years following the war’s eventual end. “It is part of our duty on the home front to plan so that jobs are available in construction as [read more...]
Oscar B. Coblentz (1943) The sharp-minded Coblentz, oft referred to as “O.B.” by friends and collaborators, was known as much for his shrewd attorney’s prowess for his talents as a successful contractor. “The construction world has learned,” a colleague wrote of him in the Frederick, MD, newspaper The News, “that when something doesn’t make [read more...]
D. W. Kimball (1942) Kimball was a widely-known builder in Grand Rapids, MI and Chairman of the Board of Owens-Ames-Kimball Co., co-founded in 1891. O-A-K endures more than 125 years later as the longest-standing commercial construction manager and general contractor in the state, two-time recipient of the Michigan Contractor of the Year Award. [read more...]
Since 1941, Associated General Contractors South Texas Chapter has been supporting the commercial construction industry. We strive to uphold the highest industry standards to work more profitably while reducing stress and hassles. Our territory includes 22 counties and is headquartered in the coastal town of Corpus Christi. http://southtexasagc.org/
Martin W. Watson (1941) Martin W. Watson was an Ohio native, earning his civil engineering degree at Ohio University, but the bulk of his career was spent in the Sunflower State, where – having cut his teeth with the Illinois State Highway Department -- he signed on as Kansas’ very first state highway engineer. [read more...]
Henry B. Zachry (1940) Henry Bartell Zachry earned his civil engineering degree from Texas A&M in 1922 and, following a brief stint with the Texas Department of Transportation, founded the H.B. Zachry Company, which still exists today. Zachry’s first contract was a series of four, concrete-reinforced bridges in the Texas town of Laredo, a [read more...]
Guy F. Atkinson (1939) Pennsylvania native Guy F. Atkinson was born with construction in his blood. His grandfather, a British immigrant, established a masonry business not long after settling in the New World, setting the tone for his son and, eventually, his grandson, who founded his own company in 1926. Guy F. Atkinson Construction, [read more...]
