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Robert D. Sheehan, managing partner of Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co., died in his sleep in Tulsa, OK on Oct. 23. He was 78. One of the most influential and best-liked contractors in the nation, Sheehan was the third generation to head the firm, which was founded in 1903 by his grandfather, John Sheehan.
Sheehan Pipe Line was a charter member of the Pipe Line Contractors Association in 1948 and is the only company still active under the same ownership. Sheehan was elected president of the PLCA in 1965 and received Honorary Life Time Membership in 1991. He was first elected to the PLCA Board...