Masonry Magazine September 1968 Page. 24

Words: Ryan O'Brien, W. Bennett, Sheldon Pollack, Alden Werley
Masonry Magazine September 1968 Page. 24

Masonry Magazine September 1968 Page. 24
People & Events...

(Continued from page 17) of the Marketing Communications Department of the Portland Cement Association. He succeeds the late Butler V. Avery.

Did you hear about the kangaroo who went to his psychiatrist and complained, "I'm not feeling jumpy."?

Appointment of masonry industry official Ryan M. O'Brien as Vice Chairman of the Building Industry Committee for the proposed David M. Wilson Memorial Laboratory at the University of Southern California School of Engineering, was recently announced by Sheldon L. Pollack, Committee Chairman. O'Brien, Executive Vice President of the California Conference of Masonry Contractor Associations, will serve as the masonry industry's representative on the Committee W. Burr Bennett, Jr.

has been appointed Executive Director of the Prestressed Concrete Institute. Bennett is former Director of the Engineering Design and Standards Department, Portland Cement Association. He succeeds the late Robert J. Lyman Alden Werley has been named controller of Huron Cement, a division of National Gypsum Company. In his new position, Werley becomes a member of Huron's executive board... Dixie Construction Co. has announced that their Atlanta, Ga. office has moved to new and larger quarters. New address is 6077 New Peachtree Road, N.E. with the mailing address being P.O. Box 47456, Atlanta, Ga. 30040. Phone number is a/c 404-451-5449.

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