DeSimone, Konydyk, Martin, Sanzone, Whitney Recognized as ICC Honorary Members

International Code Council (ICC) Members awarded Honorary Memberships to five distinguished individuals for demonstrating outstanding service to the ICC or one of the association’s legacy model code organizations. Members approved the nominations of Sal DeSimone, Robert Konydyk, George Martin, Jerome “Jerry” Sanzone and Jeff Whitney during the Code Council’s 2014 Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Honorary Members have voting rights and receive all ICC Member benefits.

DeSimone is the Code Official, Fire Commissioner and Flood Plain Manager for Avalon, N.J. He has been a volunteer firefighter and is a New Jersey certified sub-code official, and certified statewide and nationally as a Flood Plain Manager. DeSimone was the 2010 New Jersey Building Officials Association Building Inspector of the Year.

Konydyk, who is retired, was chief of the state of Michigan’s Department of Labor Plumbing Division. He served with the team that developed the joint model plumbing code that combined the plumbing codes created by ICC’s legacy organizations. At the time, in addition to those three plumbing codes, most large jurisdictions also had their own plumbing codes. The outcome of the initiative was the International Plumbing Code (IPC). The IPC is currently used in 35 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Martin is an Engineering Specialist for Howard County government in Maryland. He has been involved in code compliance and code adoption for over 40 years. He has held every position on the Maryland Building Officials Association Executive Board of Directors, is a past Chair of ICC Region 7, and served on numerous ICC Committees.

Sanzone was a retired building official for Pompano Beach, Fla. He was active in code development, and as a Building Officials Association of Florida member and leader, was instrumental in planning ICC’s 2014 Conference. He had dedicated himself to actively participating in every annual Conference since 1966. The 2014 Conference was the first he missed due to illness. He passed away on Sept. 30, 2014.

Whitney is the Building Official for Grand County Utah. He served two-terms on the ICC Board of Directors. He is an active participant in code development and served on the cdpACCESS Committee. He has been the Grand County Building Official for more than 20 years and holds 12 ICC certifications. Whitney is a Past President of the Utah Chapter of the International Code Council.

A complete list of ICC Honorary Members is available at: www.iccsafe.org/HonoraryMembers.

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