July 2004

Mead & Hunt Planner Accepts Army Ranger Association Leadership Award

At an awards ceremony held in Las Vegas on June 23, Mike McClintock of Mead & Hunt was awarded the US Army Ranger Association’s (USARA) Leadership Award for his work in support of Army Rangers.

Mead & Hunt is an architectural and engineering firm that provides consulting services to the Military and Aviation Industry.  McClintock is a senior airport project manager in Mead & Hunt’s Santa Rosa office.

When McClintock is not preparing airport master plan reports, he is the editor of the USARA Ranger Register.  The Ranger Register, the official publication of the Ranger Association, is dedicated to preserving the ideals and principles of the American Military Ranger.  Recent Ranger Register articles prepared by McClintock included the 60th anniversary of D-Day and the exploits of Army Rangers at Pointe du Hoc.  The memorial services for Ranger Pat Tillman were also covered in the Register.

McClintock served with the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) in Bad Kissingen, W. Germany, from 1962-64.

“At the award ceremony, I was humbled by being in the presence of so many real American heroes ... Colonel Lew Millett (Ret.) who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Korea, the many other WWII, Korea and Vietnam Ranger veterans, and the four current members of the 75th Ranger Regiment who served as the color guard for the award ceremonies,” said McClintock.

Mead & Hunt, an Engineering News Record’s Top 500 design firm provides professional services in the fields of historic preservation, architecture, infrastructure engineering, transportation engineering, and water resource engineering to clients throughout the US.  Mead & Hunt was recently recognized on The Zweig Letter Hot Firm 2003 list as one of the top 100 fastest growing A/E firms and a top 10 engineering company to work for in the nation by CE News.  Founded in 1900, Mead & Hunt, an employee-owned company, employs about 280 people from offices nationwide.