MIA Lauds Cohen’s Life In Stone

LAS VEGAS – Malcolm Cohen, a 65-year veteran of the natural-stone industry, is the latest honoree of the Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Marble Institute of America (MIA).
Cohen, 92, accepted the award at MIA’s annual awards luncheon at StonExpo 2005 last October.
After graduating from Yale, Cohen joined and later expanded his father’s business, which is now in its second century of operation. Cohen’s New York-based companies, Domestic Marble & Stone Corp. and Miller-Druck Specialty Contracting Inc., have been involved in such projects as the White House, the Statue of Liberty, Grand Central Station in New York and Canary Wharf in England.
Cohen an advocate of stone and related industries, served as President of five trade associations, including the MIA in 1984-85. During his more than six decades in the stone business, Cohen acquired a body of knowledge that can not be duplicated.
In nominating Cohen for this award, his family noted, “On a smaller scale, he headed up an office with employees that he treated like family. He shared his knowledge and expertise with everyone. How does one summarize a lifetime of work? Malcolm loves the stone business.”
The Migliore Award, conceived by MIA in 2003, is given in honor of Vincent Migliore, MIA’s long-time technical director. The first award was presented to Migliore posthumously. In 2004, the award went to Joe Kapcheck of J. Kapcheck & Co. of Des Plaines, Ill.