A Well-engineered Family
Contact: David Munson 581-3777; Steve Adam 581-2262
Five members of the Sargent family, spanning four generations, were honored at the University of Maine’s Francis Crowe Society Induction Ceremony on December 16 for their successes in engineering and their family’s ever-growing list of accomplishments in the construction trades.
UMaine College of Engineering alumni Herbert Sargent, James Sargent, Herb Sargent, Shane Sargent, and Ralph Leonard were inducted into the college’s prestigious Francis Crowe Society as distinguished members, joining the likes of Senator John Glenn as outstanding contributors to the field of engineering.
From commercial construction projects, to airport runways, to hydroelectric renovations, H E Sargent, Inc. of Old Town has been tackling Maine’s toughest engineering challenges for more than 75 years. The family was recognized by the university for their long history of accomplishments in engineering, both as a Maine-based company and as a group of individual engineers.
The annual Francis Crowe Award recognizes outstanding contributions by alumni and others to the various engineering disciplines. UMaine Engineering alumnus Francis Crowe, 1905, was a renowned civil engineer who designed and constructed nearly 20 major dams in the western United States, including Boulder Dam.