INDUSTRY FACES Y NEWS
PERSONALS Sinterite, St. Marys, Pa., a Gas-
barre Furnace Group company, an- nounced the hiring of Josh Parslow as sales engineer. Harry A. Seibel II has joined the in-house technical staff at Refcotec Inc., Orrville, Ohio. Seibel will bolster research and development efforts, manage ISO quality systems and support in- creasing production and customer service needs. Jerry Kucharczyk, past presi-
OBITUARIES David Paul Wackerfuss died July
15, 2015. He was 39. Wackerfuss was employed by Carley Foundry Inc., Blaine, Minn., for 13 years. J. Spencer Lovejoy died July 24, 2015 at the age of 92. Lovejoy was founder and chairman of Joy-Mark Inc., Cudahy, Wis., where he helped service and support the metalcast- ing industry for 38 years. He was a longtime member of the AFS Wisconsin Chapter. Lawrence “Buck” Owen died
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OCTOBER 2 Manufacturing Day
AFS SCHAUMBURG, IL
OCTOBER 5-7 Design and Production of High
Quality Aluminum Castings AFS
SHERATON MUSIC CITY HOTEL NASHVILLE, TN
OCTOBER 7-8 NFPA 70E, OSHA & You...
Insight for Implementation AFS
SCHAUMBURG, IL 20 | MODERN CASTING September 2015
International Ferrous Melting Conference AFS
OCTOBER 7-9
SHERATON MUSIC CITY HOTEL NASHVILLE, TN
Ergonomics: Optimizing Efficiency, Quality & Safety in the Foundries AFS & THE INSTITUTE SCHAUMBURG, IL
OCTOBER 13
OCTOBER 14-15 Casting Design
AFS & THE INSTITUTE SCHAUMBURG, IL
OCTOBER 20-21 Casting Defect Analysis
AFS & THE INSTITUTE LANCASTER, PA
OCTOBER 27-29 Foundry Process Improvement
AFS & THE INSTITUTE SCHAUMBURG, IL
NOVEMBER 3-4 Casting Defect Analysis
AFS & THE INSTITUTE NEENAH, WI
dent of ATEK Metal Technolo- gies, New Hampton, Iowa, was posthumously awarded the Ray H. Witt Metallurgy Award from the Advanced Casting Research Center of Worcester Polytech- nic Institute, Worcester, Mass. The biannual award honors indi- viduals who have made signifi- cant contributions to the metal casting industry. Kucharcyzk, who passed away last year, was recognized for his leadership in
the aluminum casting industry. Te Advanced Casting
Research Center also awarded Rod Riek, principal at Material Insights LLC, Delafield, Wis., the Merton C. Flemings Award. Te biannual award recog- nizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the understanding of solidification processing fundamentals that have commercial applications in the metalcasting industry.
July 25, 2015. He began working at Grede Foundry in 1973. He then worked at a number of other met- alcasting facilities before retiring from Ford Motor Company, Detroit, after 15 years. Robert E. Wilson died July 27,
2015. He was 65. Wilson spent 45 years working in the diecasting industry. He started working in 1980 for Callen Manufacturing, Northlake, Ill., and became a partner in 1988. Since 1989, he served on the board of
directors for the North American Die Casting Association. Jack Roger Goudzwaard died
Aug. 1, 2015. He was 91. Goudz- waard graduated from Michigan Tech Univ., Houghton, Mich., and worked for Neenah Foundry, Neenah, Wis., where he retired as the director of engineering and technology in 1986. He won the American Foundry Soci- ety’s gold medal in 1978 for technical contributions in environmental and research programs.
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