Chief Executive Officer Emerick Construction Company Portland, Oregon.
Larry Sitz claims Oregon 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 Oregon State interns and new employees to Emerick from the university.
Sitz credits his Oregon 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