LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Highway Commission chairman and longtime businessman Tom Schueck has died, his family said. He was 78.
Schueck’s son, Patrick Schueck, said Schueck died Tuesday morning. A cause of death was not released.
Tom Schueck founded what is now Lexicon Construction and Fabrication in Little Rock in the 1960s and was appointed to the state Highway Commission by then-Gov. Mike Beebe in 2011.
He was currently the commission chairman with his term to expire in January 2021, according to the Highway Commission’s website.
Schueck was “a true leader in business and public service,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a statement.
“He helped build the steel industry in our state. He was devoted to his family,” Hutchinson said. “He was a diligent and effective chairman of the Arkansas State Highway Commission.”
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