Dive summary:
- Thomas W. Traylor, 73, president and CEO of the Traylor Brothers Inc. tunneling and construction company that his father founded in 1946, died at Select Specialty Hospital in Evansville, Ind., where Traylor is headquartered.
- Traylor, which ranks 150th on ENR's Top 400 contractors, specializes in underground, marine and bridge construction and grew to its current status under the leadership of Traylor, who held a civil engineering degree from MIT and an MBA from Stanford.
- Traylor's obituary in the Evansville Courier-Post says he will be buried Monday, May 13, in Evansville.
From the article:
“Tom was one of those second-generation owners who took something small and made it something big,” says Hank Harris, CEO of consultant FMI Corp. and a Traylor Bros. board member. ...
