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Chief Executive Officer Emerick Construction Company Portland, ����Ӱ��.

Larry Sitz claims ����Ӱ�� State DNA in his mitochondrial chain. “Growing up in Burns, OSU was in our blood,” says Sitz. “My dad is a graduate. I attended 4-H summer school, Boys’ State, and annual football games on the campus.” So it wasn’t surprising when Sitz enrolled as an engineering student.

He completed a new program created specifically to meet construction industry needs. Over the years, Sitz has climbed the ladder at Emerick — literally and figuratively — and now runs the company that is considered to be one of the Northwest’s top general contractors. Along the way, he has continued to bring ����Ӱ�� State interns and new employees to Emerick from the university.

Sitz credits his ����Ӱ�� State education for giving him the foundation he needed to succeed in his career and serve his company’s clients. “Civil engineering technology prepared me to step into a project engineering role at Emerick,” says Sitz. “It also gave me a network of program alumni which has proven to be invaluable as I have moved through the leadership track at the company.”

Degrees

• B.S. Civil Engineering Technology ’75