Virginia A. Hartman, the secretary since 1955. At the annual stockholders meeting on December 3, 1958, Wald was elected president, Wilson was elected treasurer, and Reichert was elected secretary. All three wereelected unanimously. 134The next year, on November 30, 1959, Wald, Reichert, and Wilson resigned from their positions, and Virginia Hartman was made president of the company. A month later, on December 31, before the resignation of President James S. Wald was accepted, Virginia Hartman offered to purchase the entire property and assets of the Thomas B. Punshon Engineering Company during a special meeting of the board of directors. The board accepted her offer in the same meeting. 135Shortly after she became president, Virginia Hartmans husband, Melvin Hartman, was elected secretary. Virginia Hartman remained president of the company until May, 1961, when James S. Wald was elected president, Albert O. Wilson was elected vice president, Arthur J. Reichert was elected vice president, and Virginia A. Hartman was elected secretary and treasurer. 136Thirty shares of common stock were acquired from Virginia Hartman. She retained ten shares, making the four equal owners of the company. 137Some of this shuffling of executives may have taken place to enable a smooth corporate merger: James S. Wald and Associates merged with the Thomas B. Punshon Engineering Company between 1959 and 1961.The company retained the Thomas B. Punshon Engineering Co. title afterthe merger. During this time, the company moved from the Schmidt Building located at 431 Main Street to McMicken Avenue with plans to construct a new office/apartment building for this corporation on so much of said land as deemed necessary to house the facilities of this company. 138On June 30, 1964, Arthur J. Reichert resigned and sold his stock to the company, leaving Wald, Wilson, and Hartman the principal owners of the Thomas B. Engineering Company. 139 Virginia Hartman expressed her desire to leave the company on January 1, 1966, ending a phase of major transition for the company.Leadership changes notwithstanding, employees of the Thomas B. Punshon Engineering Company continued the work of surveying and planning in the 1950sand work was plentiful in the post-war boom. The Interstate Highway Act, implemented nationwide in 1956, brought with it a major shift in Americans lifestyle. Newly constructed interstates allowed many city 49