Engineering Alumni Crafton, Harvell Join Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame

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From left, Bob Crafton and Grady Harvell.

Two U of A College of Engineering alumni will be inducted into the Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame at a ceremony tonight in Little Rock.

Bob Crafton, B.S.C.E.'57, and Grady Harvell, B.S.C.E.72, were named to the College of Engineering Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2020, respectively.

The Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame was established in 1999 to honor and recognize outstanding individuals in the construction industry who have demonstrated their professionalism through active support of the industry and civic and community involvement.

"Bob and Grady are two of our most active supporters, and I am proud to offer my congratulations for this much-deserved honor," said Dean Kim Needy. "We often say that engineers change the world for the better, and these two men epitomize this idea."

Crafton is the retired co-founder of Crafton Tull, which opened in Rogers in 1963. The civil engineering, surveying, architecture, landscape architecture and planning company has nine offices in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Harvell is president and chief operating officer for W&W | AFCO Steel, the largest structural steel fabrication and erection company in North America, with more than 2,000 employees.

In addition, the American Institute of Steel Construction recognized Harvell in March with a Lifetime Achievement Award "for his drive to fund research to make steel bridges more economical, his commitment to steel bridge education and his contributions to the National Steel Bridge Alliance."

Award recipients were honored at a conference in Denver March 23-25.