Samuel A. Face, Jr. was an inventor and the co-developer of some of important advances in concrete floor technology and wireless controls.
Mr. Face is best known for his role in the development of essentially all of the technology that now constitutes the world standard for the specification, measurement and control of the flatness and levelness of concrete. The Face Floor Profile Numbering System ("F-Numbers") has been adopted by the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Canadian Standards Association, the World Bank and is more widely used with each passing year.
The use of the F-Number System since the 1980s has resulted in a 100% improvement in concrete floor flatness/levelness on the projects in which it is employed – usually at no additional cost.
Mr. Face's personal field consulting on projects in more than 20 countries helped create the modern industrial and commercial concrete floor. In the 1970's, working with Canada's top concrete contractor on numerous projects in greater Toronto, Mr. Face developed the placement and finishing practices that resulted in what he called "Superflat Floors", known to many at the time as "Sam Face Floors". Superflat floors are now part of the standard lexicon in the concrete industry. To date (2007), the consulting company he helped create has provided services on more than 7,000 projects on five continents.
The patented measuring instruments he co-invented have been used to measure billions of square feet of floors and roadways around the world. Mr. Face designed and personally machined and assembled the first Dipstick® Profiler, which is now recognized as the instrument of record in more than 130 countries.
Mr. Face was also a co-inventor of the revolutionary Lightning Switch®, the batteryless and wireless switch system for lights and appliances that was introduced three years after his death.
Mr. Face's inventions helped expand The Face Companies' growing portfolio of more than 60 patents up until the last few weeks of his illness.
Sam Face had joined the family company in 1951... which had been founded by his great-grandfather in 1867. Mr. Face's professional accomplishments were honored by a special resolution of the Virginia General Assembly in 2002. For his contributions to the industry, Mr. Face was named a fellow of the American Concrete Institute by unanimous vote of the selection committee. Both the F-Number/Superflat Floor (1990) and Lightning Switch® (2006) innovations won NOVA Awards, the highest international honor for construction innovation. As of 2007, no other company had been the sole developer of more than one NOVA-winning innovation.
Mr. Face was born at the home of his maternal grandparents in City Point, Va. on August 2, 1923. He grew up at 1117 Magnolia Avenue in Norfolk's Larchmont section, within walking distance of his paternal grandparents (at 1002 Larchmont Crescent), down the street from his maternal grandparents (at 1008 Magnolia Avenue) and across the street from his paternal aunt, Catherine Morton Face Page, who married her childhood sweetheart, Lawrence "Laurie" Page, Norfolk lawyer, Postmaster and City Councilman.
He attended Norfolk Public Schools and graduated from Maury High School, the Norfolk Division of William and Mary/VPI (now Old Dominion University) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After living in apartments in Ocean View and in Hampton, Sam Face and his wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face, raised their family initially at 8521 Chapin Street in Norfolk's Hyde Park section and then at 1008 Magnolia Avenue, where his family moved after the death of his maternal grandmother, Mary Lowe Muhlig. Mr. Face completely rebuilt the old house, even raising it off the ground so that what had been a cramped basement could be transformed into a spacious family room.
Although best known to the world for his contributions to the construction industry, Mr. Face's first and greatest passion was reserved for the salt water of Hampton Roads and the boats he loved to sail upon it. He hand built his first sailboat as a teenager, chaired the Maury Regatta and dominated the Snipe Division in Southeastern Virginia for a number of years during the 1930s and 40s.
For the last 15 years of his life, he totally rebuilt by hand his beloved 53-foot ketch, Persistence.
Also a collector of American Pressed Glass, Mr. Face assembled one of the outstanding collections of Gillinder and Fostoria Lion Glass in the United States.
An expert marksman, Mr. Face founded the Lafayette Rifle and Pistol Club in the 1960s. He competed in several national competitions.
Mr. Face was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club, the American Concrete Institute, the American Ceramic Society and was a member and instructor in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Sam Face was predeceased by his parents, S.A. Face, Sr. and Dorothy Muhlig Face and his first wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face. He was survived by his wife, Jo Anne; his sons S. Allen Face III, Brad Face, Patrick Dreelin, Eric Dreelin and daughter Erin Dreelin; and his brother, Robert Lowe Face.
Mr. Face is best known for his role in the development of essentially all of the technology that now constitutes the world standard for the specification, measurement and control of the flatness and levelness of concrete. The Face Floor Profile Numbering System ("F-Numbers") has been adopted by the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Canadian Standards Association, the World Bank and is more widely used with each passing year.
The use of the F-Number System since the 1980s has resulted in a 100% improvement in concrete floor flatness/levelness on the projects in which it is employed – usually at no additional cost.
Mr. Face's personal field consulting on projects in more than 20 countries helped create the modern industrial and commercial concrete floor. In the 1970's, working with Canada's top concrete contractor on numerous projects in greater Toronto, Mr. Face developed the placement and finishing practices that resulted in what he called "Superflat Floors", known to many at the time as "Sam Face Floors". Superflat floors are now part of the standard lexicon in the concrete industry. To date (2007), the consulting company he helped create has provided services on more than 7,000 projects on five continents.
The patented measuring instruments he co-invented have been used to measure billions of square feet of floors and roadways around the world. Mr. Face designed and personally machined and assembled the first Dipstick® Profiler, which is now recognized as the instrument of record in more than 130 countries.
Mr. Face was also a co-inventor of the revolutionary Lightning Switch®, the batteryless and wireless switch system for lights and appliances that was introduced three years after his death.
Mr. Face's inventions helped expand The Face Companies' growing portfolio of more than 60 patents up until the last few weeks of his illness.
Sam Face had joined the family company in 1951... which had been founded by his great-grandfather in 1867. Mr. Face's professional accomplishments were honored by a special resolution of the Virginia General Assembly in 2002. For his contributions to the industry, Mr. Face was named a fellow of the American Concrete Institute by unanimous vote of the selection committee. Both the F-Number/Superflat Floor (1990) and Lightning Switch® (2006) innovations won NOVA Awards, the highest international honor for construction innovation. As of 2007, no other company had been the sole developer of more than one NOVA-winning innovation.
Mr. Face was born at the home of his maternal grandparents in City Point, Va. on August 2, 1923. He grew up at 1117 Magnolia Avenue in Norfolk's Larchmont section, within walking distance of his paternal grandparents (at 1002 Larchmont Crescent), down the street from his maternal grandparents (at 1008 Magnolia Avenue) and across the street from his paternal aunt, Catherine Morton Face Page, who married her childhood sweetheart, Lawrence "Laurie" Page, Norfolk lawyer, Postmaster and City Councilman.
He attended Norfolk Public Schools and graduated from Maury High School, the Norfolk Division of William and Mary/VPI (now Old Dominion University) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After living in apartments in Ocean View and in Hampton, Sam Face and his wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face, raised their family initially at 8521 Chapin Street in Norfolk's Hyde Park section and then at 1008 Magnolia Avenue, where his family moved after the death of his maternal grandmother, Mary Lowe Muhlig. Mr. Face completely rebuilt the old house, even raising it off the ground so that what had been a cramped basement could be transformed into a spacious family room.
Although best known to the world for his contributions to the construction industry, Mr. Face's first and greatest passion was reserved for the salt water of Hampton Roads and the boats he loved to sail upon it. He hand built his first sailboat as a teenager, chaired the Maury Regatta and dominated the Snipe Division in Southeastern Virginia for a number of years during the 1930s and 40s.
For the last 15 years of his life, he totally rebuilt by hand his beloved 53-foot ketch, Persistence.
Also a collector of American Pressed Glass, Mr. Face assembled one of the outstanding collections of Gillinder and Fostoria Lion Glass in the United States.
An expert marksman, Mr. Face founded the Lafayette Rifle and Pistol Club in the 1960s. He competed in several national competitions.
Mr. Face was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club, the American Concrete Institute, the American Ceramic Society and was a member and instructor in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Sam Face was predeceased by his parents, S.A. Face, Sr. and Dorothy Muhlig Face and his first wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face. He was survived by his wife, Jo Anne; his sons S. Allen Face III, Brad Face, Patrick Dreelin, Eric Dreelin and daughter Erin Dreelin; and his brother, Robert Lowe Face.
Samuel A. Face, Jr. was an inventor and the co-developer of some of important advances in concrete floor technology and wireless controls.
Mr. Face is best known for his role in the development of essentially all of the technology that now constitutes the world standard for the specification, measurement and control of the flatness and levelness of concrete. The Face Floor Profile Numbering System ("F-Numbers") has been adopted by the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Canadian Standards Association, the World Bank and is more widely used with each passing year.
The use of the F-Number System since the 1980s has resulted in a 100% improvement in concrete floor flatness/levelness on the projects in which it is employed – usually at no additional cost.
Mr. Face's personal field consulting on projects in more than 20 countries helped create the modern industrial and commercial concrete floor. In the 1970's, working with Canada's top concrete contractor on numerous projects in greater Toronto, Mr. Face developed the placement and finishing practices that resulted in what he called "Superflat Floors", known to many at the time as "Sam Face Floors". Superflat floors are now part of the standard lexicon in the concrete industry. To date (2007), the consulting company he helped create has provided services on more than 7,000 projects on five continents.
The patented measuring instruments he co-invented have been used to measure billions of square feet of floors and roadways around the world. Mr. Face designed and personally machined and assembled the first Dipstick® Profiler, which is now recognized as the instrument of record in more than 130 countries.
Mr. Face was also a co-inventor of the revolutionary Lightning Switch®, the batteryless and wireless switch system for lights and appliances that was introduced three years after his death.
Mr. Face's inventions helped expand The Face Companies' growing portfolio of more than 60 patents up until the last few weeks of his illness.
Sam Face had joined the family company in 1951... which had been founded by his great-grandfather in 1867. Mr. Face's professional accomplishments were honored by a special resolution of the Virginia General Assembly in 2002. For his contributions to the industry, Mr. Face was named a fellow of the American Concrete Institute by unanimous vote of the selection committee. Both the F-Number/Superflat Floor (1990) and Lightning Switch® (2006) innovations won NOVA Awards, the highest international honor for construction innovation. As of 2007, no other company had been the sole developer of more than one NOVA-winning innovation.
Mr. Face was born at the home of his maternal grandparents in City Point, Va. on August 2, 1923. He grew up at 1117 Magnolia Avenue in Norfolk's Larchmont section, within walking distance of his paternal grandparents (at 1002 Larchmont Crescent), down the street from his maternal grandparents (at 1008 Magnolia Avenue) and across the street from his paternal aunt, Catherine Morton Face Page, who married her childhood sweetheart, Lawrence "Laurie" Page, Norfolk lawyer, Postmaster and City Councilman.
He attended Norfolk Public Schools and graduated from Maury High School, the Norfolk Division of William and Mary/VPI (now Old Dominion University) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After living in apartments in Ocean View and in Hampton, Sam Face and his wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face, raised their family initially at 8521 Chapin Street in Norfolk's Hyde Park section and then at 1008 Magnolia Avenue, where his family moved after the death of his maternal grandmother, Mary Lowe Muhlig. Mr. Face completely rebuilt the old house, even raising it off the ground so that what had been a cramped basement could be transformed into a spacious family room.
Although best known to the world for his contributions to the construction industry, Mr. Face's first and greatest passion was reserved for the salt water of Hampton Roads and the boats he loved to sail upon it. He hand built his first sailboat as a teenager, chaired the Maury Regatta and dominated the Snipe Division in Southeastern Virginia for a number of years during the 1930s and 40s.
For the last 15 years of his life, he totally rebuilt by hand his beloved 53-foot ketch, Persistence.
Also a collector of American Pressed Glass, Mr. Face assembled one of the outstanding collections of Gillinder and Fostoria Lion Glass in the United States.
An expert marksman, Mr. Face founded the Lafayette Rifle and Pistol Club in the 1960s. He competed in several national competitions.
Mr. Face was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club, the American Concrete Institute, the American Ceramic Society and was a member and instructor in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Sam Face was predeceased by his parents, S.A. Face, Sr. and Dorothy Muhlig Face and his first wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face. He was survived by his wife, Jo Anne; his sons S. Allen Face III, Brad Face, Patrick Dreelin, Eric Dreelin and daughter Erin Dreelin; and his brother, Robert Lowe Face.
Mr. Face is best known for his role in the development of essentially all of the technology that now constitutes the world standard for the specification, measurement and control of the flatness and levelness of concrete. The Face Floor Profile Numbering System ("F-Numbers") has been adopted by the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Canadian Standards Association, the World Bank and is more widely used with each passing year.
The use of the F-Number System since the 1980s has resulted in a 100% improvement in concrete floor flatness/levelness on the projects in which it is employed – usually at no additional cost.
Mr. Face's personal field consulting on projects in more than 20 countries helped create the modern industrial and commercial concrete floor. In the 1970's, working with Canada's top concrete contractor on numerous projects in greater Toronto, Mr. Face developed the placement and finishing practices that resulted in what he called "Superflat Floors", known to many at the time as "Sam Face Floors". Superflat floors are now part of the standard lexicon in the concrete industry. To date (2007), the consulting company he helped create has provided services on more than 7,000 projects on five continents.
The patented measuring instruments he co-invented have been used to measure billions of square feet of floors and roadways around the world. Mr. Face designed and personally machined and assembled the first Dipstick® Profiler, which is now recognized as the instrument of record in more than 130 countries.
Mr. Face was also a co-inventor of the revolutionary Lightning Switch®, the batteryless and wireless switch system for lights and appliances that was introduced three years after his death.
Mr. Face's inventions helped expand The Face Companies' growing portfolio of more than 60 patents up until the last few weeks of his illness.
Sam Face had joined the family company in 1951... which had been founded by his great-grandfather in 1867. Mr. Face's professional accomplishments were honored by a special resolution of the Virginia General Assembly in 2002. For his contributions to the industry, Mr. Face was named a fellow of the American Concrete Institute by unanimous vote of the selection committee. Both the F-Number/Superflat Floor (1990) and Lightning Switch® (2006) innovations won NOVA Awards, the highest international honor for construction innovation. As of 2007, no other company had been the sole developer of more than one NOVA-winning innovation.
Mr. Face was born at the home of his maternal grandparents in City Point, Va. on August 2, 1923. He grew up at 1117 Magnolia Avenue in Norfolk's Larchmont section, within walking distance of his paternal grandparents (at 1002 Larchmont Crescent), down the street from his maternal grandparents (at 1008 Magnolia Avenue) and across the street from his paternal aunt, Catherine Morton Face Page, who married her childhood sweetheart, Lawrence "Laurie" Page, Norfolk lawyer, Postmaster and City Councilman.
He attended Norfolk Public Schools and graduated from Maury High School, the Norfolk Division of William and Mary/VPI (now Old Dominion University) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After living in apartments in Ocean View and in Hampton, Sam Face and his wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face, raised their family initially at 8521 Chapin Street in Norfolk's Hyde Park section and then at 1008 Magnolia Avenue, where his family moved after the death of his maternal grandmother, Mary Lowe Muhlig. Mr. Face completely rebuilt the old house, even raising it off the ground so that what had been a cramped basement could be transformed into a spacious family room.
Although best known to the world for his contributions to the construction industry, Mr. Face's first and greatest passion was reserved for the salt water of Hampton Roads and the boats he loved to sail upon it. He hand built his first sailboat as a teenager, chaired the Maury Regatta and dominated the Snipe Division in Southeastern Virginia for a number of years during the 1930s and 40s.
For the last 15 years of his life, he totally rebuilt by hand his beloved 53-foot ketch, Persistence.
Also a collector of American Pressed Glass, Mr. Face assembled one of the outstanding collections of Gillinder and Fostoria Lion Glass in the United States.
An expert marksman, Mr. Face founded the Lafayette Rifle and Pistol Club in the 1960s. He competed in several national competitions.
Mr. Face was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club, the American Concrete Institute, the American Ceramic Society and was a member and instructor in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Sam Face was predeceased by his parents, S.A. Face, Sr. and Dorothy Muhlig Face and his first wife, Janine Elisabeth Robinson Face. He was survived by his wife, Jo Anne; his sons S. Allen Face III, Brad Face, Patrick Dreelin, Eric Dreelin and daughter Erin Dreelin; and his brother, Robert Lowe Face.
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