Masonry Magazine August 1983 Page. 18
People & Events
discussed "Marketing Concepts for Highrise Loadbearing Masonry" in a recent address before the New England Concrete Masonry Association in Worcester, Mass. Joseph A. Barilotti and John D. Eckman have joined the masonry sales staff of Whitehall Cement Manufacturing Co., Whitehall, Pa.
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The Concrete Masonry Division of the Missouri Concrete Association has elected Robert E. Mohan, Majestic Building Material Corp., St. Louis, Mo., president for 1983-84. Dale Kirchner, president of Kirchner Industries, Bridgeton, Mo., was a featured speaker at the Masonry Institute of Iowa's recent annual convention in Cedar Rapids. He spoke on "Marketing Masonry in the Present Economy." Edwin G. Hedstrom, assistant v.p./sales & technical services, Ideal Basic Industries, Inc., Denver, Colo., received an ASTM Award of Merit for his long-time research committee work dealing with manufactured masonry units, cement, and concrete aggregates.
Carl B. Sensenig has been promoted to vice president/sales of Glen-Gery Corp., Reading. Pa. Continental Clay Co. (formerly McNess-Kittaning Brick Co.), Kittanning, Pa., has named Henry J. Evans III director of marketing, distributor improvement and product development. Pederson & Houpt, MCAA's legal counsel based in Chicago, has announced that Theodore E. Cornell III and Jonathan B. Gilbert have become members of the firm. Linda B. Motz and Richard Demarest Yant have become associates.
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Joe Szabo, chairman of the Bricklayers & Trowel Trades International Pension Fund, and his wife Ginny recently visited the "very brick-oriented" and historic city of Savannah, Ga., during a sailing holiday along the Eastern Seaboard. So many masonry buildings exist in Savannah because the city fathers of generations past heeded the advice "build with brick" after a disastrous fire. Steven P. Papadatos AIA & Associates has changed its corporate name to Papadatos Moudis Associates P.C. Unchanged are the address, 305 E. 46th St., New York, NY 10017, and the phone number, 212/308-2500.
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Frank Carlson of Roedel Tile Contracting Co., Inc., has been named 1982 Contractor of the Year by the Oregon Building Congress. National Gypsum Co./Cement Division, Southfield, Mich., has promoted David C. Tovey to manager of the Philadelphia sales district. Hubert R. Gardner is now associated with Everett W. Cook & Sons, Inc., Masonry Contractors, Memphis, Tenn. J. Thomas Ryan has been appointed executive vice president of a new Construction Information Group in McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co., New York, N.Y. In this new position, he is responsible for the company's F. W. Dodge, Sweet's and Cost Information Systems divisions.
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James N. Mayfield has been promoted to president of Oklahoma Brick Corp., Oklahoma City. James Baynham, v.p./sales & marketing and chief operating officer of Huntington/Pacific Ceramics, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., has assumed additional responsibility for the overall sales of Yankee Hill Brick Manufacturing Co., Lincoln, Neb., producer of pavers and face brick. Morgan A. Chivers, v.p./ manufacturing, Pabco Gypsum, Newark, Calif., has been elected president of the Gypsum Association.
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Fred J. Broad, currently manager of domestic sales for FMC Corp., Bannockburn, III., has been named the designated replacement for John J. Benson, who plans to retire September 1, 1983, as secretary and executive vice president of the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association, Milwaukee, Wis.