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1950 A. James Clark graduates from the University of Maryland College of Engineering with a B.S. in Civil Engineering
 
1950 Clark joins George Hyman Construction Company (now Clark Construction) as field engineer
 
1950s Clark leads effort to build the University of Maryland's Chemistry Building and American Red Cross Headquarters
 
1960 Clark is promoted to Vice President and General Manager of George Hyman Construction Company
 
1960s Clark becomes President and CEO of Hyman Construction Company
 
1977 Clark forms OMNI Construction to pursue non-union projects in the Washington, D.C. area
1990 Omni acquires Shirley Contracting Company and Guy F. Atkinson Construction
1994 Clark pledges $15 million to create the A. James Clark Centennial Endowment Fund in support of undergraduate engineering education. In recognition of this gift, the University of Maryland College of Engineering is renamed the A. James Clark School of Engineering
1996 Clark Construction Group is born when OMNI Construction and Hyman Construction merge
2002 Clark is inducted as an honorary member of American Society for Civil Engineers
2005 Clark establishes a Scholarship Endowment of $30 million to enrich the undergraduate engineering experience and to help solve the nation's shortage of highly trained engineers
2005 Clark is elected to the National Academy of Engineering "for the development of project controls and construction equipment, the creation of a major construction firm, and support for engineering education"
2006 Clark Construction receives prestigious Honor Award from the National Building Museum
2006 Clark receives ASCE OPAL 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award for Construction for innovation and excellence in construction of civil engineering projects and/or programs
2006 The University of Maryland's Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, built by Clark Construction, is recognized by the Metro Washington and Virginia chapters of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC)
2008 Clark is honored with Centennial Medal by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at its 100th anniversary celebration in April 2008
2009 Clark is recognized as "Washingtonian of the Year" by Washingtonian Magazine
2009 Clark Construction is named Member Firm of the Year by the U.S. Green Building Council – National Capital Region
2009 Clark Enterprises, Inc., is named Washington, D.C.'s top corporate philanthropist by Washington Business Journal
2010 Clark Construction projects earn 19 Washington Building Congress Craftsmanship Awards for quality construction and excelling in the building trades in the Washington, D.C. area
2012 Clark pledges a gift of $15M, along with $6M gift from Dr. Robert Fischell, to construct A. James Clark Hall
2012 Four Clark Construction projects earn national honors from the Design-Build Institute of America
2012 Clark Construction earns national honors from Associated General Contractors for both construction and partnering
2013 Clark Construction is honored by Associated General Contractors with national safety excellence award
2013 Four Clark Construction projects are honored by Associated Builders & Contractors of Metropolitan Washington with Excellence in Construction Awards
2013 Clark Construction receives the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2013 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence, Construction Category
2015 Clark Construction breaks ground for A. James Clark Hall

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