Industry Veteran Thomas Young Passes Away
June 11, 2012

Industry veteran Thomas D. Young of Rosenberg, Texas, passed away on May 20, 2012. Young most recently worked with Dallas-based Stone & Glazing Consulting.

He joined the company in 1998 and retired in 2007 as a senior consultant. Even in retirement, company officials say he provided his expertise in the curtainwall industry on numerous projects, including several remediation projects that resulted from damage caused in Houston by Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Prior to his retirement, Young also worked as a project manager on the new Denver International Airport for A 1 Glass Co. He also served as general manager of West Coast operations for Olden & Co., and served in numerous roles including project manager, designer and facility manager for PPG Industries from 1973 to 1987. Young got his start in the industry with Kawneer Co., where he worked from 1956 to 1972.