Greg Alvin Howell: Lean Construction Pioneer and Unshakeable Ally
2020
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Author: Tariq Sami Abdelhamid, PhD, CM-Lean
Citation:
Abdelhamid, T. S. (2020). Greg Alvin Howell: Lean Construction Pioneer and Unshakeable Ally. In Lean Construction Journal pp. i-iv.
Abstract:
The passing of Greg Howell on 6/15/2020 is a monumental event on many levels – to family, friends, practitioners, and academics. We have lost an icon of Lean Construction; a trailblazer, an eminent scholar, and a wonderful, kind and beautiful person. I am eternally indebted and grateful to Greg Howell and Glenn Ballard; for adopting and embracing me in 2000; I enjoy where I am now because of them. Greg’s loss is a loss of the love, care, kindness, and support of an unshakeable ally. My heart is broken. Greg was so much to me, as he has been to everyone who has known him or crossed his path. He taught me so much. He was a mentor and a surrogate father. He often told me what I didn’t want to hear; or really he said it like it was because he cared and took the surrogate father to heart.