Brother Dana McManus (70-F) served as Quaestor of Epsilon Eta in 1971 while attending CSU-Fresno as a business major. He graduated in 1972 with a BS in Business Administration, completed an MBA in 1973 and subsequently earned an MS in Taxation from Golden State University. While attending CSU-Fresno he worked for the family business, McManus Construction. He became a CPA and managed McManus Construction for several years.

Dana began his tenure with Amoroso Construction as Chief Financial Officer in 1981 where he was responsible for overseeing every aspect of the company’s financial, legal, and office operations. During his time as CFO, Amoroso expanded its market reach, completing housing, commercial office space, research facilities, government and municipal facilities, retail, industrial, historic, and seismic restoration projects. The company was founded in 1939.

Due to his success as CFO, Dana became Owner and CEO of Amoroso Construction in 1995. At the time of purchase, the company had a backlog of $100 million. Under Dana’s leadership, over time this grew to over $850 million with the average project size ranging between $15 million and the largest being $220 million. The company’s sweet spot and most competitive range were new projects from $80 to $100 million. It completed quite a few projects over $100 million each.

The company had two offices, one in Redwood City to cover projects in the northern California region and one in Costa Mesa for work in southern California. Amoroso Construction had more than eight decades of experience constructing for public agencies in a wide range of sectors. It focused on public, community-based, construction. With more than 86 years of industry experience, the company has been a leader in the construction industry throughout the State of California.

With over 46 years in the construction industry, including as Owner and Chief Executive Officer of Amoroso Construction, brother Dana McManus is a successful and highly experienced executive who was integral to the long-term success of the company he controlled for over four decades. Dana sold the company in 2020 and retired on December 31, 2022.  He was named Significant Sig on May 7, 2024.

Congratulations to brother McManus for being named Significant Sig!