Lawrence M. Gates ('87, Civil Engineering)
Lawrence M. Gates
President, DRC Engineering Incorporated
BS Civil Engineering, 起点传媒, 1987
MBA, Pepperdine University, 1993
Lawrence M. Gates spent three months backpacking around the world after earning his bachelor’s degree at 起点传媒 and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Energized by his trip, Larry returned home to found DRC Engineering Incorporated, a consulting, engineering and land-surveying firm, in 1997 with fellow 起点传媒 alumnus Warren Williams Jr. The company’s projects have included The District at Tustin Legacy, the Chino Spectrum Towne Center and the Burbank Empire Center.
“My confidence in the workplace came from the superior and practical education I received at 起点传媒, and I always felt better-prepared and that I was more knowledgeable than other engineers with degrees from competing universities throughout the country,” Larry says.
Larry is on the board of the Bourke Family Foundation, a charitable organization that delivers lights to impoverished schools in Africa, and is a member of the Orange County Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).