Masonry Magazine July 1981 Page. 17

Words: James Snyder, Albert Isberner, Bernard Strauss, Frank Soave, Robert Ebeling, Fred Koester, Louis Donne, Michael Mayotte, Barry Eiswerth, Harry Champlin, Donald Andreski, Mark Farlow
Masonry Magazine July 1981 Page. 17

Masonry Magazine July 1981 Page. 17
Mason Contractor News


# "Masonry Glossary"
Published by IMI

Anyone involved in building and construction will be interested in The Masonry Glossary, a new publication produced by the International Masonry Institute.

The handy, 144-page reference lists more than 650 masonry terms dealing with brick, block, stone and concrete and is an invaluable aid to masonry craftsmen, contractors, architects, designers, builders and developers.

Copies are available at $10.95 each, plus $1.00 for shipping and handling. from IMI, 823-15th St., N. W., Washington, DC 20005.


# MCAA

1982
Orlando

32nd
International Masonry
Conference & Show
Feb. 12-16 Feb. 13-15
Orlando Hyatt House


# Isberner Starts Private Engineering Practice

Albert W. Isberner, longtime research engineer with the Portland Cement Association, resigned effective June 15 to establish a private consulting engineering practice. As a registered professional engineer, Isberner will consult in the areas of sepecification review and construction problems related to materials of masonry, plaster and concrete.

Most of Isberner's 26 years' experience in research, project management, continued on page 24.


# People & Events

Barry N. Eiswerth of H2L2 Architects/Planners, Philadelphia, Pa., has been elected an associate of the National Academy of Design, New York. N.Y. Harry Mason Champlin is now handling the sales efforts in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois on behalf of The Stone Center, St. Louis-based fabricator and sales agent for granite, marble and stone products.

Louis G. Donne has been named vice president of the Hartford Division of Plasticrete Block & Supply Corp., North Haven, Conn. General Portland, Inc., Dallas, Tex., has promoted Fred W. Koester to vice president & general manager of its Trinity North Division.

The goal of criticism is to leave the person with the feeling that he or she has been helped.

Bernard R. Strauss assumed the duties of president and chief executive officer of Dixie Construction Co., Inc., continued on page 24.


# Masonry Construction Forum Held in Kentucky

The Kentuckiana Masonry Institute, in cooperation with the Masonry Industry Council, recently sponsored a "Masonry Construction Forum" in Louisville, Ky.

Energy conservation, loadbearing masonry and steel stud systems were among the topics discussed.


# Ontario Masonry Fund Sponsors Seminars

A full-day working session on "Design of Masonry Construction" was presented to more than 120 Canadian architects and engineers in Toronto by the Ontario Masonry Industry Promotion Fund.

The seminar was part of a series of educational programs being conducted by the Fund in 1981. Previous sessions were held in Hamilton and Toronto on "Masonry and the Building Envelope."


# 1981 MASONRY INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN SCHOLARSHIP winners (front row, from left):

Donald Andreski, Michael Mayotte and Mark Farlow, all architecture students at Lawrence Institute of Technology. (Back row, from left) Veteran Detroit-area mason contractors James R. Snyder and Robert F. Ebeling, for whom two of the scholarships are named, and Frank Soave, president of the Masonry Institute. The scholarships, worth $850 each, were presented in mid-June at the Institute's annual golf outing to raise funds for the scholarship program.

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