Elevator World

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com IN MEMORIAM: MARIE McDONALD Marie McDonald passed away on May 31 at her home in Walnut Creek, California. McDonald spent much of her life in San Francisco, where she made a name for herself in the industry. In the late 1950s, she was instrumental in forming what would become the first National Association of Women in Construction chapter on the U.S. West Coast. After learning she had a knack for sales at Dwan Elevator Co., McDonald in 1958 became the first woman in California to receive an elevator contractor's license. In 1977, she founded elevator-inspection firm McDonald Elevator Co. and was named the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce 1988 Entrepreneur of the Year. Cited by many elevator women as someone they model themselves after, McDonald was the recipient of the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) William C. Sturgeon Distinguished Service Award in 2001. McDo