Masonry Magazine June 1970 Page. 26

Words: Dr. Huntzicker, Ellery Sedgwick, James Piper, Charles Raper, William Chadwick, Robert Fort, Jack McDonald, F. Fondriest
Masonry Magazine June 1970 Page. 26

Masonry Magazine June 1970 Page. 26
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Burres Gets PCA Post

(Continued from page 8)

Chicago. He succeeds James D. Piper who on May I was named senior vice president in charge of the association's new Education Division. Burres formerly was manager of the PCA Pacific Southwest region.

Other action at the meeting included election of five new directors. They are Charles A. Raper, president of General Portland Cement Co., Dallas; William S. Chadwick, president and director, Southwestern Portland Cement Co., Los Angeles: Robert W. Fort, president and chief executive officer, Medusa Portland Cement Co., Cleveland; Jack L. McDonald, executive vice president of Nevada Cement Co., Fernley, Nev.; and Dr. H. N. Huntzicker, president, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, III.

Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., chairman of the board of Medusa and immediate past chairman of the PCA board, was elected an honorary member of the association.


Fondreist Heads Up New Research Institute

The Portland Cement Association's research and development capabilities will be available on a contract basis to all segments of the construction industry under a plan announced recently by Dr. Harry N. Huntzicker, PCA president.

Dr. Huntzicker said that a new division, the Cement and Concrete Research Institute, will serve as the contracting agency for Association work in behalf of clients requiring services in research and development, laboratory investigations, and technical consultation.

Executive director of the Institute will be F. Frederick Fondriest, an attorney and graduate civil engineer who for 10 years has been with Battelle Memorial Institute where he was responsible for all research programs related to inorganic construction materials and structures.

"Formation of the Institute will make possible a greatly expanded research and development program to serve the construction industry." Dr. Huntzicker said. "It will permit us to open up what we believe to be the world's finest research facility for cement and concrete to all segments of the industry."

masonry June, 1970


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