Thomas F. Valent, P.E., '73
Mr. Thomas Valent is President of Gerace
Design Group, and Executive Vice-President of Gerace Construction
Company, Inc. in Midland Michigan. He served as 1st Lieutenant
in the U.S. Army Combat Corp. of Engineers from 1971-1973.
Mr. Valent joined Gerace Construction Company as a Civil Construction
Engineer after completing his Baccalaureate degree in Civil
Engineering in 1973.
Over the years he has supervised a wide-range
of multi-million dollar construction projects including; Lobdell
Emery and Oxford Automotive plants in Michigan, Indiana and
Mexico. Hydro-Electric Power Plant rehabilitations at Canada's
Big Eddy Dam, the Max Starke Dam in Texas, Michigan's own
Consumer's Energy locations; Five Channel Dam, Croton Dam,
Webber Dam, and the Midland Co-generation Venture, and most
recently Rochester Gas & Electric's Station #5 in upstate
New York.
Mr. Valent is a Registered Professional Engineer
in Michigan, Indiana and Florida. He is a member of several
professional organizations including the American Society
of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Concrete Construction,
the American Concrete Institute, the Michigan and National
Societies of Professional Engineers, the Society of American
Military Engineers and the Association of State Dam Safety
Officials.
He is also Dean of the Charles W. Howard
Santa Claus School. Founded by Howard in 1937, the school
located in Midland Michigan, is recognized as the oldest Santa
School in the world. Mr. Valent, along with his wife Holly,
conducts annual classes at the school, and recently hosted
the first World Santa School in Illulisatt, Greenland.
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