Thornton receives Da Vinci award.Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. Management Association selected Charles H. Thornton, Ph.D., P.E., co-chairman of The Thornton-Tomasetti Group, to receive its second annual Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital. lāōnär`dō dä vēn`chē), 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. Award, which recognizes special individuals who have achieved notable levels of excellence in the architecture and engineering profession and who set the standard for enterprise management. Dr. Thornton was honored in a ceremony during the PSMA/SMPS National Conference in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Thornton's 41 years of experience with The Thornton-Tomasetti Group have included involvement in the design and construction of projects in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and overseas, ranging from hospitals, arenas, and high-rise buildings, to airports, transportation facilities, and special projects. Many of these projects have set industry standards for innovative thinking and creativity. Notable projects are the 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 Hospital, New York; Chicago Stadium (Bulls and Blackhawks arena) and Comiskey Park in Chicago; the Nashville Arena in Nashville; the United Airlines Terminal at O'Hare Airport in Chicago; and Terminal #1 at JFK Airport in New York. Dr. Thornton is chairman and founder of the ACE Mentor Program, a non-profit organization that offers guidance and training in architecture, construction and engineering to inner-city high school students in cities across the country. |
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