Masonry Magazine April 1979 Page. 21

Words: Richard Felice, Fred Daues, Richard Harris, Mike Johnston, James Magee, Richard Matthews, William Young, Robert Hatch, Eugene George, Charles Velardo, William Dentinger, Paul Clements, Ivey Griffin, Dee Brown, Brad Procter, Mack Pettit, Norman Eatherton, Ralph Soderberg, Charles Seedorff, David Soloff, Oscar Person, Henry Kaufman, Gerald Sutherland, Gerald Dufour, Robert Harrison, James Luterbach, Jerry Hofheins, Sam Lowry, Donald Leonard, Louis Helbert, Bernard Strauss, Sidney Mosman, David Lyle, Blaine Warner, Allan Knuth, Sherman Smoot
Masonry Magazine April 1979 Page. 21

Masonry Magazine April 1979 Page. 21
People & Events

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as marketing manager . . . Cresco Masonry Construction Co., Inc., Cresco, la., has been appointed a dealer for Armco Building Systems Marblehead Lime Co. is embarking on a $55 million national expansion program which when completed will make the Chicago-based firm the world's largest producer of lime.

Modern truism: It is a wise father that knows his own son-especially with today's hair styles.

Robert L. Stark has been appointed sales manager, western region, Metropolitan Ceramics, Inc..

STARK
WEES
Canton, Ohio... Thomas J. Wees has joined the sales staff of Watkins Concrete Block Co., Omaha, Neb., as marketing manager. The American Concrete Institute, Detroit, Mich., has announced the appointment of Gary M. Hussar as a staff engineer. Hussar formerly was project administrator on the Erie Nuclear Project... Ronald L.. Samuels has been named vice. president/marketing of the Brick Institute of America Paul F. McPherson has been elevated to president of McGraw-Hill Information. Systems Co., New York, N.Y.

Kaufman Agency Honored
Henry J. Kaufman & Associates, the Washington (D.C.) communications firm that serves as the International. Masonry Institute's public relations counsel and advertising agency, has won the first "Advertising Leadership" award from the American Institute of Architects Journal in recognition of "consistently outstanding readership performance" of advertisements in the Journal.

Clients for the award-winning advertisements were IMI and the Brick Institute of America. Four of the full-color IMI ads were cited, all of which have recently appeared in Masonry.


MCAA Committee Appointments Announced for 1979-80 Term

Appointments to twelve MCAA standing committees for 1979-80 have been announced by President Eugene George and his fellow officers. Those appointed were:

Constitution and Bylaws
Charles Velardo, Ch., Newton Highlands, Mass.
Paul Clements, Louisville, Ky.
Donald Leonard, St. Ann, Mo.
Louis Helbert, Jr., Ft. Collins, Colo.
David B. Soloff, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Contract Research
Robert Hatch, Ch., South El Monte, Calif.
Anthony Nolfi, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Oscar Person, Burlingame, Calif.
Layton Pettit, Spartanburg, S.C.
Blaine Warner, Glendale, Ariz.
Chet Baker, Groveport, Ohio

Education
Carl Schiesser, Ch., Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Robert Harrison, Mt. Prospect, III.
Norman Eatherton, Denver, Colo.
Ralph Soderberg, Fort Collins, Colo.
Mac Terry, Denver, Colo.
Earl Child, Salt Lake City, Utah
Tony Marnell, Las Vegas, Nev.

Finance
David B. Soloff, Jr., Ch.. Chattanooga, Tenn.
Robert Tubesing. New Berlin, Wis.
Robert Harrison, Mt. Prospect, III.
Donald Grant, St. Louis, Mo.
Anthony Zotollo, Great Neck, N.Y.
Gerald Dufour, Germantown, Wis.
Arnold Schumacher, Villa Park, III.

Insurance
Richard Harris, Ch., Charleston. W.V.
Edward Bach, Maryland Heights, Mo.
Paul Clements, Louisville, Ky.
Sam Lowry. Charleston, W.V.
Mack Pettit, Spartanburg. S.C.
Charles Danna, Atlanta, Ga.

Manpower
Robert Ebeling. Ch.. Romeo, Mich.
L.C. Pardue, Jr., Portland, Ore.

Manpower (continued)
G.W. Veazey, Jr., Houston, Tx.
Anthony Nolfi, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Charles Velardo, Newton. Highlands, Mass.

Masonry Panel Contractors
Fred Daues, Ch., St. Louis, Mo.
Charles Danna. Atlanta, Ga.
Dee Brown, Dallas, Tx.
David Lyle, Chamblee, Ga.
Sherman Smoot, Ellicott City. Md.

Material Handling
Gerald Dufour, Ch., Germantown, Wis.
Robert Hansen, Elmhurst, III.
Allan Knuth, New Berlin, Wis.
Richard Matthews, Miamisburg. Ohio
Charles Seedorff, Strawberry Point. Iowa

Membership
G.W. Veazey, Jr., Ch., Houston, Tx.
Richard Felice, Des Moines, Iowa
Brad Procter, Nashville, Tenn.
Bernard Strauss, Birmingham, Ala.
Ivey Griffin, Jr., Morganton, N.C.
Mike Johnston, Tacoma, Wash.

Metric Study
Fred Treu, Ch., Brookfield, Wis.
Sidney Mosman, Bloomington, Minn.
William Young, Fredericton, N.Β., Canada
George Forsyth, Fredericton, N.Β., Canada
Garth Miller, Downsview, Ont.. Canada

Safety
Ray Prossen, Ch., Brookfield, Wis.
William Dentinger, Brookfield. Wis.
Tony Luczynski, Elmhurst, Ill.
James Luterbach, New Berlin, Wis.
James Magee, Atlanta, Ga.
Gerald Sutherland, Corpus Christi, Tx.
Jerry Hofheins, No. Salt Lake, Utah
Ronald McLaren, Oak Lawn, Ill.
Robert Townsend, Sacramento, Calif.

1980 Conference and Trade Show
Dee Brown, Dallas, Tx.


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