Masonry Magazine October 1975 Page. 20
COMING
EVENTS
1975
November 2-5. Annual Convention of the Brick Institute of America, Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Contact: Charles N. Farley, Convention Manager, BIA, 1750 Old Meadow Road, McLean, Va. 22101.
1976
January 18-21. Annual Convention, National Concrete Masonry Association, Sheraton-Towers Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Contact: NCMA, 1800 N. Kent St., P.O. Box 9185, Rosslyn Sta., Arlington, Va. 22209.
February 7-11. 26th Annual Convention, Mason Contractors Association of America, Town & Country, San Diego, Calif. Contact: MCAA Executive Office, 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, III, 60604.
March 6. Excellence In Masonry 175 Awards Dinner Dance, Hyatt Regency O'Hare. Contact: Metropolitan Chicago Masonry Council, 1550 Northwest Highway, Suite 201, Park Ridge, III. 60068.
March 28-April 2. Annual Convention, American Concrete Institute, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Howard W. Smith, Convention Mgr., ACI, Box 19150 Redford Sta., Detroit, Mich. 48219.
APPOINT MORGENROTH
Mr. Dan E. Morgenroth, Manager of Market Development, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Toledo, Ohio, has been appointed to a three year term as a member of the Building Research Advisory Board (BRAB) of the National Research Council, Washington, D.C. In addition, Morgenroth was also appointed to a one-year term on the Executive Committee of BRAB. Mr. Morgenroth, a graduate of Purdue University, has assisted in the writing of chapters for "Manual J" and "K" of the National Warm Air, Heating and Air Conditioning Association and in writing the text on sound control and thermal insulation for the United States Loan League's "Construction & Lending Guide".
People & Events...
(Continued from page 5) Vice President for Administration. Lowell J. Stout has been appointed general sales planning manager for the industrial and construction machinery division of Massey-Ferguson, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa. Don McCullough has resigned as Executive Director of the Associated Masonry Contractors of Texas. The Minnesota Chapter held their annual Booya party on Friday evening, Oct. 18th. Les Juehrs and Bob Hanson were in charge.
John Flynn, Business Manager, Local #1, Missouri, has been elected President of the St. Louis Building & Construction Trades. Arnold J. Freund has been appointed business development manager of the Americas Region for industrial and construction machinery manufactured and marketed by Massey-Ferguson, Inc. Claude H. Burns has been appointed deputy managing director of the American National Standards Institute. David D. Walczyk has been named manager of the engineering and process development at the Travelers Rest, S.C., facility of Construction Products Div., W.R. Grace & Co. Frank Skidmore, AED's Director of Industry Services for 21 years, has retired from full-time duties to become the Association's Field Director in the Western U.S. Formation of a new Master Heater Div. of Koehring and appointment of Ernest L. Pierce, Jr., as its general manager have been announced by John Radomsky, corporate Vice president.
Slide Show On
Tornado Damage
The behavior of various types of construction-cast-in-place and pre-cast concrete, masonry, steel joist, and wood-in the worst tornado in Ohio's history are illustrated in a slide lecture, The Xenia Tornado Disaster and Concrete, available from the Portland Cement Association. The lecture also points up the lessons to be learned from the disaster regarding minimum detailing and construction practices.
Consisting of 37 slides and narration, The Xenia Tornado Disaster and Concrete, SS196, may be purchased for $50.00 from Portland Cement Association, Old Orchard Road, Skokie, Illinois 60076. Telephone: 312/966-6200.