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corporate metallurgist. Previously, he was an account manager. Blast Cleaning Technologies, New
Berlin, Wisconsin, announced that Brian Kuptz has been hired as territory sales manager. Kuptz has spent the last seven years in sales and project management.
OBITUARIES Edward C.
Crowley died Dec. 18, 2015. He was 85. Crowley was a lifetime member of AFS and was active with Mis- souri University of Science and Technol- ogy, Rolla, Missouri. He was working with Carbones-IMR, Charlotte, North Carolina, at the time of his death. Paul H. Ostrand died Dec. 22, 2015,
Edward Crowley Von Richards, Robert W. Wolf
Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, has been awarded the Tomas E. Barlow Award of Honor from the Steel Founders’ So- ciety of America. Te award recognizes
people who have made distinguished contributions to the industry. George Boyd announced his
retirement from the Pennsylvania Foundry Association. He served as the environmental and safety direc- tor for 35 years.
in Scott County, Illinois. He was 55. Ostrand had worked at Quad City Die Casting, Moline, Illinois, for 15 years. Norman Berg died Jan. 11, 2016, in
Wheaton, Illinois. He was 78. Berg was the president of American Steel Found- ries (ASF), Chicago, for more than 10 years. Berg retired from ASF in 1995. William Maxwell Chick died Feb.
12, 2016. He was 83. Chick spent his entire career in the precision metal castings industry, working with Alcoa, Eastern Castings and Tool Products be-
fore serving at his own manufacturers’ representative agency, William Chick Co., for almost 40 years. Joseph M. Post died February 14,
2016, in Lansing, Michigan. He was 88. He was one of three founders of Roberts Corporation, Lansing, Michigan, serving as vice president of sales, executive vice president, president and CEO. Roberts Corp. became Roberts Sinto Corpora- tion with association to Sintokogio of Japan, and he was president and CEO until retirement in 1991.
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