William R. Cosentini

William Randolph Cosentini (June 12, 1911 – January 28, 1954) was an American mechanical engineer and entrepreneur who founded Cosentini Associates.

Biography

William R. Cosentini was born on June 12, 1911, to Italian immigrant parents, Eugenio and Vincenza Cosentini who immigrated to the United States from Benevento, Italy in May 1903. William was the second born of three children. He had an older brother, John (born 1909), a college professor who taught French at St John's University, and a younger sister, Mary (born 1913).^[1]

He attended New York University where he earned his M.A. in mechanical engineering. In 1944, he married Rose Destefano and they had two children together. Rose died in 1947 at 36 years of age.^[2]

In 1951, he founded W.R. Cosentini & Associates and the company later became known as Cosentini Associates. In the early days of the company, he worked on several notable projects, including the installation of the heating and air conditioning system in the Chrysler Building.^[3]

William Cosentini died on January 28, 1954, at 42 years of age from appendicitis and was buried at Calvary Cemetery. Since he established Cosentini Associates, the company has grown to employ over 300 people and has offices in various cities around the world, including New York City, which is where the company is headquartered. The company has offices in other cities around the world, including Shanghai, Seoul, Moscow and Paris.

External links

• Robert D. Greenberg, AICP (August 2003). "Cosentini Associates … Leading By Design" (PDF). Development New York. 1 (9). Retrieved 2015-02-11. 
• "Cosentini Associates - Integrating Function With Form for Over 50 Years". cosentini.com. Retrieved 2015-02-11. 

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