was Mr. Union Contractor. He was construction’s preeminent visionary for skilled

trades, good working conditions and quality construction.  For 26 years, Mr. Gerosa

was Chairman of the Mayor’s Advisory Council to the New York City Buildings

Department, advising all the Mayors and Building Commissioners from the Mayor

Beame through Mayor Giuliani. Mr. Gerosa was any Mayor’s best choice for

Chairman. He was an innovative respected contractor, a confidant of labor, a

construction industry leader, a recognized public servant and decorated soldier.

 Born in the Bronx, Mr. Gerosa was part of and a participant with a family which created the largest crane company

east of the Mississippi, Gerosa Haulage and Crane Company. At sixteen Mr. Gerosa joined the Navy, became a navy

scout – predecessor to the Seals – served in the World War II Pacific theatre and was wounded. Returning from the

war, Mr. Gerosa received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia. There also

he met and married his beloved wife Martha. Mr. Gerosa then served again as a Captain in the U.S. Army in the

Korean War. Back in New York, Mr. Gerosa became a part of and then headed Costello Construction Company and

Gerosa Inc., nationally recognized builders of major plants for Consolidated Edison and Brooklyn Union Gas as well

as heavy construction projects such as subways and streets. At the same time, he guided Gerosa Haulage as

treasurer and undertook other building projects that interested him. Mr. Gerosa recognized that quality construction

requires enlightened management, the best skilled workers – that is train union labor – and a fair

construction process. To advance enlightened management, he was a stalwart of the Building Trades Employers’

Association, the major union contractors association. For this association, he served as an officer, on executive

boards and committees and, during the economic decline of the nineties, he actually preserved the Association and

then accomplished its revival. The BTEA in graceful recognition has dedicated leadership awards in his name. Mr.

Gerosa also served on executive committees of the General Contractors Association. Labor had no stronger

contractor advocate, particularly an advocate for training and fair protected benefits. Mr. Gerosa served as chairman of

many Labor Management ERISA Trusts of the concrete industry – laborers, masons, carpenters, operating

engineers, teamsters. These Trusts were dedicated security to the workers for services well done.

Mr. Gerosa benefited these Trusts in his position as Executive Chairman of the Cement League. The Cement

League was Mr. Gerosa’s patriarchal Association. He was also President of the Concrete Alliance, Inc. and the High

Performance Cast-In-Place Consortium.

                     Concrete was Mr. Gerosa’s favorite material. The fondness reached back to antiquity, but it was a

material from which you could form, shape, improve, mentor. Just as Mr. Gerosa mentored so many who had the

privilege to work with him. Mr. Gerosa’s broad intellect and reach extended to his social and public interests

Complementary to his high moral character. Mr. Gerosa served on the First Department Appellate Division, New York

State Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee. With his interest in medicine, Mr. Gerosa, for eight years, was

chairman of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine and recipient of its honorary

doctorate degree of humane letters. In the local community of his previous residence, Harrison, NY, Mr. Gerosa was

for eleven years a valued member of its planning board. Mr. Gerosa was elected to many social and club boards,

including Westchester Country Club’s Board of Governors. He held a special pride

in being a past president of the then existing Engineers Club, a club dedicated to the advancement of engineering,

learning and science. Mr. Gerosa is survived by two daughters, Nina of Carmel, NY, and Martha Ann of Bothell, WA,

four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. Gerosa, age 83, passed away on October 13, 2009 in his sleep.