Honorary Member since 2001

Leet E. Denton was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1932. As one of three children, he came by his interest in highways quite honestly as both his father and grandfather worked in road construction. His father started Denton Construction in 1940 by purchasing R.D. Baker, the builder of the first mile of concrete road in the U.S. (Woodward Avenue in Detroit). Leet began working for his father at the age of 16 before attending Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

After graduating from Babson, Leet came back to the family business, where he became President in 1975. Leet is currently the Chairman of the Board and President of Denton Enterprises, Inc. in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, a company that has, through joint ventures, participated in some of the largest highway construction projects in the United States. These projects include the reconstruction of the Eden’s Expressway in Chicago, reconstruction of the Lodge Freeway in Detroit and the reconstruction of the Penn Lincoln Parkway in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel in Pittsburgh.

As President of Denton Enterprises, Leet has had direct, hands-on experience in the construction of many large, high traffic interstate highway projects in over 20 states representing the broadest possible range of construction conditions. These projects have been constructed in hot and cold climates in states from California to Virginia and from Minnesota to Florida. His construction experience includes mountainous areas in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, swamps in Louisiana, and deserts in Texas and Arizona. He is best known as a concrete paving contractor, but he also has experience in rock, earth and muck excavation, highway and airport drainage related work, asphalt paving, bridge construction, traffic maintenance, retaining walls, noise systems, and other areas of work related to the construction of large highway projects.

In addition to running his business and building roads and airfields around the country, Leet has contributed his services extensively to the concrete pavement professional community. He is currently an elected member of the Board of Directors of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) and a is member of the ACPA Executive Committee, a member of the TRB-SHRP Committee for research on improved concrete pavements, a member of the Association of General Contractors (AGC) and the Association of Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). He was a member of the TRB FHWA U.S. Tour of European Concrete Highways in 1992, the Team Leader of the TRB-SHRP Pavement Renewal for Urban Freeways Workshop, and is Past President of the Michigan Concrete Paving Association and the American Concrete Pavement Association.

As busy as he has been with concrete pavement construction and service, Leet also found time to raise a family along the way, fathering 6 children, who have given him 9 grandchildren.

In recognition of his accomplishments and contributions to the concrete paving profession, Mr. Denton was inducted into the International Society for Concrete Pavements as an Honorary Member on September 9, 2001. ISCP is proud to have Leet as an Honorary Member!

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