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Following a notable career that spanned three decades, Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announces the retirement of Ken Thompson.

Thompson joined Fehr Graham in 1989 as an Engineering Technician in the firm's Freeport, Illinois, office. He left the firm for three years to work at Goodyear Tire Company, now Titan Tire, in Freeport, returning to Fehr Graham in 1997. In 2002, he became the first non-engineer to be asked to join as an owner.

Under his tenure, Thompson formalized Fehr Graham's environmental compliance department and led a team t...