What is William R. Cosentini?
{{npov|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox person |name = William Randolph Cosentini |image = |imagesize = 225px |caption = Cosentini in 1951 |birth_name = William Randolph Cosentini |birth_date = June 12, 1911 |birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] |death_date = January 28, 1954 |death_place = [[Queens]], [[New York]] |other_names = William Cosentini<Br>Bill Cosentini |known_for = Cosentini Associates |spouse = Rose Cosentini (1944-1947) |children = 2 |occupation = Mechanical engineer, entrepreneur |citizenship = [[United States|American]] |years active = }} '''William Randolph Cosentini''' (June 12, 1911 - January 28, 1954) was an [[Americans|American]] mechanical engineer and businessman. He founded [[Cosentini Associates]]. ==Biography== Cosentini was born in 1911 to [[Italians|Italian]] [[immigrant]] parents, Eugenio and Vincenza Cosentini. He had an older brother, John (born 1909) and a younger sister, Mary (born 1913). Cosentini attended [[New York University]]. There he earned his M.A. degree in mechanical engineering. In 1944, he married Rose DeStefano. They had two children together. Rose died in 1947 at 36 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54498993/|title=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York · Page 13|work=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1951, he started W.R. Cosentini & Associates. The company later became known as [[Cosentini Associates]]. In the early days of the company, he worked on several notable projects. Those included installing the heating and air conditioning system in the [[Chrysler Building]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acutherm.com/media/docs/DevNewYork_Cosentini.pdf |title=Development New York Magazine: Leading by Design |access-date=2015-01-14 |archive-date=2014-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228232146/http://www.acutherm.com/media/docs/DevNewYork_Cosentini.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cosentini died of [[appendicitis]] on January 28, 1954 at 42 years of age. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Ot