More Than 50 Years

Rodney M. Lockwood Sr.

In 1944 Rodney M. Lockwood, Sr. founded Lockwood Construction. An acknowledged "pioneer of the modern housing industry," Mr. Lockwood, Sr., was nontraditional in thought and never satisfied with the status quo - unique characteristics that still play an essential role at The Lockwood Companies in the new millennium. Innovations that Mr. Lockwood, Sr. brought to the local housing industry, such as the furnished model home, are still in wide use today, many years after their introduction.

In the 1940's and 1950's Mr. Lockwood was called upon by two U.S. presidents, Truman and Eisenhower, to serve on the government task forces which were tasked with solving the housing needs of the post war nations. In 1949, Mr. Lockwood, Sr. was named president of the National Association of Home Builders. Later he served as the director of the non-profit Urban Land Institute and was one of the original inductees to the National Housing Hall of Fame in Washington D.C.

In 1986, when Rodney M. Lockwood, Jr. was named president of the company, the traditions and values to which his father was committed were continued and a new era of multi-family housing was entered. Today, Mr. Lockwood, Jr. has strengthened the Company and achieved industry recognition in his own right as president of the Michigan Housing Council.