CHICAGO, March 17,2008
A. EPSTEIN AND SONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.’S MICHAEL DAMORE INDUCTED INTO THE OKALHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY HALL OF FAME

Michael Damore of A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc. has been inducted in the Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Hall of Fame.

Damore is executive managing director at Epstein and president of architecture and design, having joined Epstein in 1991. He formerly was a partner with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago.

He is one of some 80 inductees since the Hall of Fame was established in 1954 and has participated in major Epstein projects such as the Hyatt Center and McCormick Place West expansion in Chicago, the Zlote Tarasy mixed-use development and Motorola Polska Software Center in Poland and the Beijing Century City East in China.

Damore graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1973.

About A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc.
A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc. was formed in 1921 and provides architecture, engineering, construction, interior and graphic design services worldwide. Headquartered in Chicago, the firm maintains offices in Los Angeles, California; a site office in New York, New York, Warsaw, Poland; Shenzhen, China and Bucharest, Romania. Epstein consistently is ranked tops for its industrial and manufacturing design and construction work by well-known industry media including Engineering News Record, Building Design + Construction and Midwest Construction. Additionally, the firm is well-known for its commercial, high-rise residential, municipal, educational and transportation projects including the recently completed West Expansion to the McCormick Place Convention Center, New York City's upcoming expansion of the Jacob Javits Convention Center, Chicago's Hyatt Center office tower and the Zlote Tarasy Mixed-Use Development in Warsaw. Epstein is a leader in sustainable design, developing "green” solutions and technologies across all building types.