Corporate Contribution Award AFS honors corporate members who


have contributed a significant amount of employee time and company resources to the society and the metalcasting Industry through involvement in AFS volunteer activities with the Corporate Contribution Award. Tis year, Imerys, Cincinnati, and Caterpillar, Mapleton, Illinois, were given the honor.


Applied Research and Witt Awards Te AFS Applied Research Award,


This year's AFS Gold Medal award winners were Frank Headington (left), Neenah Enterprises, Neenah, Wisconsin, and Douglas Trinowski, HA International LLC, Westmont, Illinois.


for significant contributions to the metalcasting industry in both iron and steel, research, and the education of casting engineers. Te AFS Service Citation is


presented to individuals who show outstanding general service to AFS, its chapters and the metalcasting industry. Tis year’s recipients were: • Robert L. Beard, advanced development director, Sloan Valve Company, Augusta, Arkansas, for dedicated and tireless contribu- tions to AFS, the Copper Alloy Division, nonferrous foundries and the development of alternate low-lead copper alloys for plumb- ing applications.


• Robert Bigge, technical director, Iron Casting Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, for dedication and commitment to the iron casting community of North America and willingness to share his knowledge and experience with members of the industry including the next generation of metalcasting professionals.


• Peter Gravunder, quality techni- cal assurance, Badger Mining Corporation, Berlin, Wisconsin, for meritorious contributions to


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the AFS Division 4 technical committees and the Northeast Wisconsin AFS chapter.


• Kenneth Wayne Murphy, manufacturing engineer–melt- ing department, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, Alabama, for introducing the metalcasting industry to thou- sands of students utilizing the Foundry in a Box Program.


which is given to the principle investi- gators of AFS funded research projects and the companies that collaborate with them to transfer research to the industry, was presented to David Neff, Pyrotek (retired), Solon, Ohio, and David Schwam, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, for the research project, “Optimizing Mechanical Properties of Cast Aluminum Alloys by Molten Metal Treatment (Phase 1 & 2),” sponsored by AFS Division 2. Te Ray H. Witt Management


Award annually recognizes the authors of an AFS management or marketing- oriented paper that exhibits the great- est probability of favorably impacting the metalcasting industry. Tis year, it was awarded to Kip Woods and Sairam Ravi, University of Northern Iowa, Ce-


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