Charles Thornton honored with craftsmanship award.Charles H. Thornton, PhD., P.E., co chairman of Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc., the 450-person, international engineering and design firm, was honored with The General Society of Craftsmanship Award from The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of at their 219th Anniversary Celebration held recently at the General Society Building in Manhattan. The event paid tribute to the role of steel in the building of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and featured the dedication of the World Trade Center Monument to Steel, a large steel remnant of the World Trade Center that has been donated to The General Society for inclusion in their Museum collection. Also honored with Craftsmanship Awards during the event were William A. Thornton, PhD., P.E., president of Cives Engineering (and brother of Charles); John A. Cavanagh, former president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AMEC AMEC African Methodist Episcopal Church AMEC Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce AMEC Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation AMEC Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc AMEC Association of Media Evaluation Companies Construction Management, Inc.; Robert C. Stewart, president of American Steel Erectors, Inc.; and Bill Colavito, president of the Iron Workers Local 455 The awards were presented by New York City Department of Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster and Richard T. Anderson, president of the New York Building Congress. A Mayoral Proclamation was presented by Robert B. Tierney, chairman of the Landmark Preservation Commission. Charles Thornton Charles Thornton may refer to:
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. . He was recently awarded Engineering News Record's Award of Excellence and was named Franklin Institute Laureate upon receiving the Benjamin Franklin Medal This article is about the RSA Benjamin Franklin Medal. For the medal awarded by the Franklin Institute, see Franklin_Institute#The_Benjamin_Franklin_Awards. The RSA Benjamin Franklin Medal in Civil Engineering. The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York was founded in 1785 to provide cultural, educational and social ser vices to families of skilled craftsmen. In 1820, The General Society opened one of the city's first free schools as well as the Apprentices' Library. The school, which became the Mechanics Institute in 1858, continues to provide tuition-free evening instruction in trades-related education. |
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