Eugene Grossi, headed steelwork firm

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, April, 2007 | by JOHN F. MORRISON morrisj@phillynews.com 215-854-5573

EUGENE J. Grossi, president and chief executive of Samuel Grossi and Sons Inc., a structural-steel fabricator and installer that did the steel work for many major construction projects in the Philadelphia area, died Monday. He was 66 and lived in Southampton.

Gene was also a 23-year member of the Centennial School Board in Bucks County, and served four terms as president and four as vice president. His financial acumen helped keep the district afloat in the '70s.

He was born in Philadelphia to Samuel and Nancy Grossi. He grew up in the Mayfair section and was a standout football player at Lincoln High School.

At age 16, he joined his father and brother, Robert, in the construction company. While working there,...