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Engineering News-Record and Architectural
Record Each Win 2002 Jesse H. Neal Awards
McGraw-Hill
Construction Information Group Publications Recognized for Editorial
Excellence in Business Journalism
Jan Tuchman Promoted to Editor-in-Chief of
ENR as Howard Stussman Retires, Becomes Editor Emeritus
By Judy Schriener
New York (April 19,
2001) - Janice Lyn Tuchman has been promoted to editor-in-chief
of Engineering News-Record weekly news magazine, the 127-year-old
bible of the industry, and its Web site, enr.com. Tuchman replaces
Howard B. Stussman, a 33-year veteran of ENR, who is retiring and
now becomes editor emeritus. McGraw-Hill is the parent company of
both ENR and construction.com.
Tuchman is only the third editor-in-chief
at ENR over the past four decades. She succeeds Stussman and Arthur
J. Fox Jr., who is also editor emeritus and has remained active
in the industry since he retired at the end of 1988.
"[ENR Publisher] Jay McGraw and I have sought
far and wide for guidance to determine the best candidate for this
incredibly important leadership role. This role demands the best,"
Norbert W. Young Jr., president of the McGraw-Hill Construction
Information Group, told the 2001 Newsmakers award winners today
as he made the announcement. "Thanks to Howard Stussman's mentoring,
and thanks to his conviction, intellect and, yes, passion, our new
leader comes from within our publishing group." Tuchman had been
ENR's executive editor.
Tuchman joined ENR in 1976. She has led or
been on the scene to cover such important events as the Mexico City
earthquake, the Northridge Earthquake in California and the World
Trade Center bombing in New York City. She also co-authored a book
on Exposed Structure in Building Design. She is a popular speaker
at industry events worldwide.
Prior to joining ENR, Tuchman worked for newspapers
in Boulder, Colo., and Akron, Ohio. She earned bachelor's and master's
degrees in journalism from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Tuchman has big shoes to fill, not only because
she is female and her feet are smaller, but because her predecessors
were formidable and highly respected in the construction industry.
Young and McGraw were surprised when some of Tuchman's colleagues
campaigned for her to the extent of getting some of the heaviest
hitters in the industry to call them—some from overseas—and put
in a good word for Tuchman. They did in spades, and the two leaders,
who are relatively new to ENR, quickly got the message that Tuchman
deserved the job in her own right and not just because of her long
tenure. (Young, an American Institute of Architects Fellow, comes
from the construction industry and has been at McGraw-Hill since
late 1997. McGraw spent 20 years at Business Week before taking
over ENR last year, and yes, as the great-great grandson of the
founder, he's one of the McGraw-Hill McGraws.)
Stussman, as did Fox, leaves a legacy of editorial
integrity, guidance of and caring for the industry. ENR won many
prestigious editorial awards under Stussman's watch, grew to double-digit
annual growth with a relatively small staff—people are always shocked
when they come to ENR's office and see a small cadre of editors
instead of rows and rows. Stussman has been dealing with a rare
form of cancer for the last two years and has had to spend most
of the last year-plus out of the office, but he will be consulting
and advising ENR in key areas in the days to come.
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