Visit MODERN CASTING’s Late-Breaking Metalcasting News at
www.moderncasting.com Personals Dale Parker has accepted the
position of chief financial officer of Neenah Enterprises Inc., Neenah, Wis., the parent company of Neenah Foundry Co.
Consolidated Casting Corp., Hutch-
ins, Texas, has named Scott Sham- baugh its director of operations.
Bremen Castings Inc., Bremen, Ind., announced the promotion of Brad Har- ris to director of quality.
Lufkin Industries Inc., Lufkin, Texas, announced that John Hofmeister has been elected to its board of directors.
Al Fosco has joined Frigel North
America, East Dundee, Ill., as industrial markets sales manager with a focus on heat treating.
Inductotherm Group, Rancocas, Industry Faces
Jean Bye Becomes First New President of the Dotson Company in 32 Years The Dotson Co., Mankato, Minn.,
recently announced that Jean Bye will be replacing Denny Dotson as the com- pany’s president. Dotson had been head of the company since he succeeded his father in 1978. “I took over a good company from my
father and made it better. Jean has this same challenge,” Dotson said. “It is my deep belief that with Jean’s leadership, drive and commitment, the company will go from good to great.” Bye has been working at the Dotson
Co. for 35 years and has most recently been responsible for all plant admin- istration, IT and engineering activities. She earned an undergraduate degree from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., and a Master of Business Ad- ministration from Minnesota State Univ., Mankato. Bye and her husband Tim have three children. The Dotson Co. is a 110,000-sq.-
ft. ferrous job shop casting parts in the green sand process with a melt capacity of 1,800 tons per month. The company’s management says it is dedicated to “becoming the world’s most automated” job shop.
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N.J., has promoted Gary Doyon to presi- dent and chief execu- tive officer, replacing John Mortimer.
Bruce McMellon
has announced his retirement as chief executive of Vulcan Engineering Co., Helena, Ala. Edward Le Vert has been named the new president and chief executive officer.
Gary Doyon
Diran Apelian, Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and director of the university’s Metal Processing Institute, has been selected to receive the 2010 Robert Earll McConnell Award from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgi- cal, and Petroleum Engineers.
MC Obituaries Ronald Howlett, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
died Dec. 1, 2009. He was 76. Howlett worked in the metalcasting industry for 27 years before taking a management position with Omaha Steel Castings, Omaha, Neb., in 1978. He was named president of the company in 1980 and purchased it in 1987. Howlett also was a longtime member of the American Foundry Society (AFS) and served as its director from 1988-1991.
Henry Bray, Fairfield Glade, Tenn.,
died Jan. 11. He was 88. Bray was the founder of coremaker Shells Inc., Wad- sworth, Ohio, and Bourbon, Ind. Bray was a longtime AFS member and served as chairman of the Canton chapter for two terms in the 1970s.
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