Masonry Magazine December 1981 Page. 28

Words: Lynn Henderson, Ted Brewer, Dino Maniago, Ernest Jacks, David McKee, Raymond Roberts, Donald Saunders, Phil Donnelly, David Applegate, Scott Simmons, John Heilman, Woody Sisk, Jack McGlothen
Masonry Magazine January 1981 Page.28

Masonry Magazine January 1981 Page.28
People & Events
continued from page 23

to the newly created post of division manager, export and government sales.

MCAA regional vice president Dino Maniago has established a new record for distance traveled to attend an MCAA Executive Board Meeting. Following the Canadian industry tour of Italy last October, Dino flew to Vancouver, B.C., where he and his wife Janet immediately boarded a plane for a flight to Frenchman's Reef in the Virgin Islands to be at MCAA's fall board meeting... Donald J. Saunders has been named general manager of Thoro System Products, Miami, Fla., manufacturer of waterproofing, maintenance, decorative and insulating products for the masonry industry. He succeeds Phil C. Donnelly, who retired after 32 years' service.

Lord, when we are wrong make us willing to change. And when we are right make us easy to live with. Peter Marshall.


MCAA Arkansas Chapter Awards Scholarships
Four University of Arkansas students enrolled in the School of Architecture each won $700 scholarships presented by the Arkansas Chapter of MCAA. The recipients are (front row, from left): David Applegate, Lamar, Scott Simmons, Mount Ida; John Heilman, North Little Rock, and Lynn Henderson, Clinton. Assisting in the awards ceremony were (standing, from left): Raymond Roberts, Little Rock, Arkansas Chapter president; Ted Brewer, a trustee and secretary of the Arkansas Masonry Development Trust Fund: Woody Sisk, plant manager, Arkhola Sand & Gravel, Little Rock, and Ernest E. Jacks, University of Arkansas professor and associate dean of the School of Architecture.

David McKee (not pictured), a fifth-year architecture student from Bentonville, won the top award of $3,000 from the Arkansas Masonry Development Trust Fund for the second consecutive year. Jack McGlothen, North Little Rock, president of W. E. Clark & Sons Masonry Contractors, which established the W. E. Clark Memorial Scholarship, made the presentation. McKee, who earned a bachelor of arts degree from the UofA, worked as a mason contractor for three years before returning to the university. He is a candidate for a bachelor of architecture degree in May, 1982. (UofA News Service photo by Carl Hitt.)



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