King Husein is an Indian-American engineer and the founder and CEO of Span Construction and Engineering, one of the country's largest metal building construction companies based in Madera, California.
11 Facts About King Husein
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King Husein's father died when he was 11, and his mother raised the four children on money she earned teaching embroidery on foot-powered Singer sewing machines.
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King Husein completed his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University of Mumbai.
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King Husein obtained a master's in structural engineering in 1971 from BYU.
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King Husein started his career in Boston and was hired by Priggen Steel Buildings, affiliated with Varco Pruden Buildings, and then moved west to work for a builder in Fresno, California, in 1977.
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In 1988, King Husein met with Doug Mulvanny, MulvannyG2 Architects, which was responsible for Costco construction.
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King Husein asked me how would I devise a bracing without any interior bracing that would restrict the movements inside.
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King Husein is married to Diane Clark, from Star Valley, Wyoming, and they have four children.
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King Husein is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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King Husein served as the Volunteer Fundraising Committee chair for the new $80 million BYU Engineering Building.
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In 2021, King Husein donated 50 acres of land, "valued at nearly $9 million", to the Madera Unified School District.