Brock, chairman and former CEO of Astec, dies

Allison Kral Published Mar 11, 2015

J. Don Brock, chairman and former CEO of Astec Industries, died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was 76. Brock was diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer in 2012.

Brock, a member of Pit & Quarry’s Hall of Fame, was one of the five founders of Astec, which formed in 1972. Under his leadership, Astec became a global company with 18 subsidiaries around the world. He also held about 100 U.S. and foreign patents on construction machinery and drying equipment.

Brock won a number of awards, including the Man of the Year award from the National Asphalt Pavement Association; the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni award from the Georgia Institute of Technology; the Dougherty Award from the University of Tennessee; the ARTBA Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Construction Professionals of the 20th Century award; and the Dr. J. Don Brock Transovation Award from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

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Allison Kral is the former senior digital media manager for North Coast Media (NCM). She completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio University where she received a Bachelor of Science in magazine journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. She works across a number of digital platforms, which include creating e-newsletters, writing articles and posting across social media sites. She also creates content for NCM's Portable Plants magazine, GPS World magazine and Geospatial Solutions. Her understanding of the ever-changing digital media world allows her to quickly grasp what a target audience desires and create content that is appealing and relevant for any client across any platform.