Clarkson Instructor Leo Titus Named ENR MidAtlantic 2026 Legacy Award Winner

Clarkson University adjunct faculty member Leo Titus ’93 has been named the ENR MidAtlantic 2026 Legacy Award Winner.

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Titus, Chief Operating Officer of ECS, Ltd., teaches an annual remote course at Clarkson on special inspections, quality control, and construction oversight at the graduate level. He is also the point person on Clarkson's Construction Engineering Management (CEM) Advisory Board for which ECS has been an Executive Partner for almost a decade. He has guest lectured several times in in Clarkson's Special Topics Series, shared about his 9-11 Pentagon experience at Reunion, and annually does K-12 local outreach to encourage young people to think about engineering as a career field.

The story below was included in Engineering-News Record, the leading publication in the Architecture/Engineering/Construction industry.

ENR MidAtlantic named Leo Titus its 2026 Legacy Award winner. The chief operating officer of Washington, D.C.-based Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) will be featured in the April print issue of ENR East.

Titus has tirelessly dedicated his personal time and resources to both the AEC industry and the greater Washington D.C. community in which he lives.

Working for one of nation’s leading geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, construction materials testing and facilities engineering firms for more than three decades, Titus has built deep expertise in geotechnical engineering and construction special inspections while consistently meeting the complex needs of his clients.

Beyond his technical work, Titus has long been a committed advocate for the advancement of the engineering profession. He has been active on ASTM committees, served as past president of the Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA), and contributed to the next generation of engineers as a college adjunct professor and as a volunteer in elementary school STEM programs. His leadership within professional organizations and his dedication to education underscore a career spent strengthening and elevating the industry.

Titus’s community service is equally noteworthy. As a member of Fairfax County’s Urban Search & Rescue Team (VA-TF1), he participated in the search, rescue, and recovery mission at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. His commitment to public service deepened after the loss of his wife to breast cancer. Since then, Titus and his family have raised more than $400,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation through the National Race for the Cure.

To learn more about Titus’ career check out the April issue of ENR East.