Masonry Magazine October 1984 Page. 18
People & Events...
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belhuth to project managers ... John C. Schulz has been elevated to director of CE Worldwide Engineering. JI Case, following the retirement of Elton Long, a pioneer in the development of the modern loader/backhoe.
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Thomas E. Everhart, dean of the College of Engineering at Cornell University, is the new chancellor of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana ... Pettibone Corp., Chicago, Ill., diversified manufacturer of construction and material handling equipment, has appointed River City Machinery Co. as a distributor in south central Texas ... The Brick Institute of America has published a new promotional brochure, Brick: Helping You Sell the Smaller Home. You can order copies ($1 each or 40e each in quantities of 100 or more) from BIA, 11490 Commerce Park Dr., Reston, VA 22091.
James Derk, a news writer with The Evansville (Ind.) Press and son of Walter Derk, MCAA's insurance consultant, has been named News Writer of the Year by Scripps-Howard Newspapers. The award earned him a $1,000 prize and a plaque in the annual competition. The Press matched the Scripps-Howard cash prize to the 23-year-old reporter, making the award worth $2,000. A graduate of Southern Illinois Uiversity, Derk was honored for his reports on the fatal crash of an Air Illinois plane last October in which 10 people died. Contest judges praised Derk's stories for having led to a general tightening of air safety regulations and enforcement. "His enterprise made the airways safer for others," the judges said.
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Francis M. Koughan, v.p./g.m. of Lyn-Lad Group Ltd., Lynn, Mass., has been elected president of the Scaffold Industry Association ... John P. Bacon has been named product specialist at Laticrete International, Inc., Bethany, Conn.... The National Association of Plumbing/Heating/Cooling Contractors recently dedicated its new headquarters building at 180 S. Washington St., Falls Church, Va... The Brick Institute of America has welcomed aboard Gerald J. Carrier, Jr., a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, as intern architect.
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Stephen S. Szoke, P.E., senior staff engineer in the Engineering & Research Division of the Brick Institute of America, has resigned to accept a position with Glen-Gerry Corp. in Metro Washington, D.C... Pittsburgh Corning Corp. has announced two executive appointments: Jon G. Chase as v.p./sales & marketing and Richard C. McPherson, Jr. as v.p./human resources. The Gardiner Thornton Partnership has relocated its offices to Suite 401, 1111 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, B.C., V6E 3G7. The phone number is unchanged: 604/684-8264.
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A cat that sits on a hot stove will never do it again, but also will never again sit on a cold one either. Mark Twain