Masonry Magazine December 1987 Page. 31
PEOPLE & EVENTS
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president of the Prestressed Concrete Institute.
The best way to get something done is to begin.
Thomas B. Sweeney, senior vice president for design and engineering, has retired from The Austin Company after 36 years of service with the firm.
John A. Somerville, Jr., has been named regional sales manager, Northeast region, for STYROFOAM brand products. The Minnesota Masonry Institute has announced the appointment of Gene C. Abbate as executive director. Ray C. Faust, Sr., Chairman of the Board of National Wire Products, Inc., has announced the promotions of Gerald A. Seling to president and chief executive officer and Ray C. Faust, Jr., to executive vice president and chief operating officer. The appointments are effective January 1, 1988.
The trouble with being prompt at meetings is that there is no one else around to appreciate it.
John G. Myers, vice president and general manager of Minneapolis Operations for Sundstrand-Sauer, has been elected 1988 Chairman of the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA). Eugene Miller, formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer of USG Corp. has been elected vice chairman of the corporation. John Hull has been named general manager of Loudoun Masonry headquartered in Leesburg, VA.
HEK Contractors Machinery, Middlebeers, Holland, has opened a U.S. subsidiary for direct sales, marketing and distribution of the company's high tech mobile elevating platforms. They are located at 1719 E. Mulberry, Fort Collins, CO 80524. North American Mortar Supply Inc. has moved their headquarters to 1017 Toronto Dominion Tower, Edmonton Centre, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Z1. Four new officers were elected to the board of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). They are MacDonald Becket, FAIA, chairman of the board; William B. King, vice chairman; John S. Bush, Jr., secretary; and Louis L. Guy, PE, treasurer. Williams Southwest, Inc. has been named a new Pettibone distributor in Arizona and New Mexico.
What a big gap there is between advice and help.
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