2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
"If I could make an impossible wish come true and have anyone attend the award ceremony on October 23rd, it'd have to be Bill Strawster (1999 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree). I cannot think of a higher award in our industry than to join Bill in the 'Construction Hall of Fame.' There wasn't a day that went by that I did not want to please him. Just maybe he is smiling down at me right now with his thumbs up and a big grin, and to me it doesn't get any better than that."
- Marcus Taulbee
"I learned at an early age the value of working with my hands when I helped my grandfather on his farm in Alabama. So, my construction experience started with family and has revolved around it ever since. My wife, Liza, has been instrumental in my success. She helped me start Jostin, which we named after our first two sons, Joshua ad Justin, by combining their names. We did this so we would always be reminded of whom we were working for and the community goals we aimed to accomplish."
- Albert Smitherman
Albert Smitherman, Jostin Construction Inc. (left) Marcus Taulbee, Valley Interiors (right)
2021 Gala Chair
Greg Herrin
The 25th Annual
Celebration of Construction Gala
Saturday, October 23, 2021 - Duke Energy Convention Center
Each Fall, the Spirit of Construction Foundation hosts a black-tie dinner and gala event that celebrates the "noble industry" and honors a number of individuals, including scholarship winners, posthumous honorees, and Lifetime Career Achievement Honorees.
The Celebration of Construction Gala celebrates the construction industry and recognizes individuals for their lifetime contributions to the industry and to the civic, aesthetic, and economic well being of the Greater Cincinnati Region.
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
2021 Winners
Albert C. Smitherman
Marcus Taulbee
2019 Winners
James G. Briggs, Jr.
Joseph M. Prus
Phillip J. Neumann
Bernard P. Suer
2018 Winners
George C. Webb
Dale S. White, Sr.
Raymond L. Evers, Posthumous
Joseph F. Mirlisena, Posthumous
2017 Winners
Timothy Beischel
Howard A. Mayers
Evans N. Nwankwo
Robert J. Henderson, Posthumous
2016 Winners
William John “Jack” Albrecht
Tonya M. Beesley
B.G. Danis, Posthumous
Raymond Viox, Posthumous
William Teepe, Posthumous
2015 Winners
William J. Harmeyer
Lawrence H. Schumacher
Thomas J. Wiesman
James E. Imbus, Posthumous
Raymond J. Prus, Jr., Posthumous
2014 Winners
Richard P. Homan
Thomas M. Keckeis
William H. Krul, II
Jim Perin, Posthumous
2013 Winners
Wendell R. Bell
August B. Bruewer
Fred J. Mccoy
Joseph Bayer, Posthumous
2012 Winners
Richard F. Kohls
Patrick J. Mclaughlin, Jr.
Michael J. Schneider
Edward Hagins, Posthumous
2011 Winners
Kathleen C. Daly
Greg F. Moratschek
Robert Jackson “Jack” Scott III
Arthur C. Avril, Posthumous
2010 Winners
E. Grant Hesser
Harry R. Hoerr
Raymond R. Huseman
Patrick O'Rourke, Posthumous
2009 Winners
Garfield W. Hartman
Thomas H. Humes
James W. Ludwig
William (Bill) Besl, Posthumous
2008 Winners
Dennis Denier
Elda Marshall
George “Dewey” Newport
Thomas L. Neyer, Sr.
Joseph Glassmeyer, Posthumous
2007 Winners
Daniel L. Baker
Peter S. Strange
R.J. Beischel, Posthumous
Allen Paul, Posthumous
2006 Winners
William Cargile III
David Swedes
Jack Wieland
Alan Wolf
2005 Winners
Michael Mangeot
Jerome (Jay) Meyers, Jr.
Matth Toebben
2004 Winners
Wayne Carlisle
Lawrence A. Keckeis
W. R. Manteuffel
2003 Winners
Robert Jay Buchert
Joseph V. Frey Jr.
Schuyler John Smith
2002 Winners
Carl Bimel Jr.
Robert W. Dorsey
Larry P. Rayburn
2001 Winners
Eugene J. Imbus Jr.
Howard L. Knauf
Michael Kocheck
Joseph W. Schwarz
2000 Winners
Neil K. Bortz
James P. Jurgensen
Jerry L. Lindsey
Frank G. Moratschek
1999 Winners
William R. Geiler Jr.
Paul W. Hemmer Sr.
William R. Ryan
J. William Strawser
1998 Winners
Thomas A. Buzek
Raymond A. Neyer
John F. Steele
1997 Winners
Robert Griffin Carlisle
Ralph Drees
Francis R. Dugan
James J. Neumann
1996 Winners
Alfred C. Berndsen
Orville Brown
Howard Denier
Richard Goettle
Victor Smith
Alan Zaring III