Masonry Magazine May 1975 Page. 28
People & Events...
William J. Rodgers, formerly executive assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Labor, and Kenneth McCulloch, formerly New York regional counsel and assistant regional attorney for the Philadelphia Litigation Center of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, have formed a partnership to
M. Henderson as general manager of its Construction Products Division and Arthur "Bud" Ott has district sales manager of its southwest district encompassing southern California, southern Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Hawaii. James F. Kraft has been elevated from executive vice president to president of Kraftile Co., Fremont, Calif., a 50-year-old clay tile manufacturer. JI Case Co., Racine, Wis., has announced the appointment of David S. Bigelow as senior vice president/corporate operations.
Portland Hosts First Apprenticeship Conference
Portland (Ore.) played host to the first annual Northwest States Apprenticeship & Training Conference, March 5-7, with more than 400 delegates attending.
Speaking programs were designed to stimulate thinking and constructive opinions about the construction industry's present apprenticeship programs. The sessions opened with greetings from Oregon's governor and the mayor of Portland, followed by national personalities in apprenticeship training, and labor leaders.
Workshops for each construction craft resulted in a productive exchange of ideas and information related to special interests in the program of training apprentices.
Robert Ebeling, of Romeo, Mich.. MCAA vice president and chairman of the Apprenticeship Committee, spoke at the masonry workshop. He stressed the importance of a strong management-labor relationship in the total apprenticeship program.
A special luncheon was arranged by Ray F. Wimer, MCAA Northwest field representative, for Region G mason contractors who were guests of the Portland chapter.
Thomas Redmond Named NCMA Vice President
Thomas B. Redmond has been elevated from manager of research & development to vice president of technical services of the National Concrete Masonry Assocation, filling the post vacated by Henry Toennies, who recently retired.
Redmond has been with the NCMA staff for 15 years and been involved with the association's programs on OSHA and federal air, water and noise pollution legislation. He also has acted as the block industry's representative on HUD's National Advisory Committee on Mason Productivity and the National Science Foundation's Advisory Committee on Seismic Design.