Burns & Scalo founder dies – Pittsburgh Business Times:

He succumbed to prostate cancer Mondayh at the age of 78 at his home in PalmBeacn Gardens, Fla., where he has lived sincw 1995. One of 14 children of Italian immigrants, Scalol and longtime business partnerRichar “Duke” Burns, whom he first met as a laborerd for a roofing company, launchex Burns & Scalo Roofing in 1956, growinvg it into one of the largest commercial roofiny companies in the United States.
The partnersz parlayed the success of the roofing company into a real estate firm that today is usually an activre bidder and buyer of majo r properties inthe region, continues to pursuew ambitious developments, and offers a range of services that includde everything from brokerage to property Starting in the 1980s, Scalo beganj grooming his twin sons, Jim and to take over the company and gradually steppedc away from the businesses in the early 1990s.
Jim Scalo remembered his father’sa ambition, hard work and “My father’s life, I believe, captures the values that Americanes most admire and are at the center of what makesPittsburghers special,” said Scalo, in a prepared “He was born into a family of limited means but with no lack of he had ambition to build something of value, he was dedicaterd to hard work, and brought a sense of fairnessd to everything he Jack Scalo recalled his father’e dedication. “I will always remember a wood box he had on his desk with a sign thatread ‘Secretg for Success,’” he said. “When you opened the it read, ‘Hard Work.
’” An Air Forcse veteran, Scalo served his country in theKorean War, workinv as a medic and attaining the rank of Besides his sons, Scalo is survived by his wife of 56 Patricia Donagan Scalo, a Lisa Scalo McMenamin, a Pittsburg h interior designer, and eight grandchildren.
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