June 9, 2005 — The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) announced that Richard E. O’Hara, Director of Procurement and Logistics for Carpenter Specialty Alloys, Reading, Pa, has been elected as the association’s President for 2005-2006. He replaces outgoing President Thomas C. Graham Jr., Vice President, T.C. Graham & Associates, Mason, Ohio.

AIST announced its new executive officers and board of directors during the organization’s Annual Conference and Exposition, AISTech 2005, which was held May 9–12 in Charlotte. The other elected executive officers included First Vice President Richard P. Teets, Vice President and General Manager of Steel Dynamics, Inc.’s Structural Division in Columbia City, Ind., and Second Vice President Charles J. Messina, Vice President, Praxair Metals Technologies, Indianapolis, Ind. Past President Thomas C. Graham Jr. will continue to serve as an executive officer, in addition to Officers-at-Large Andrew S. Harshaw, Vice President of Manufacturing for Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada; John J. Ferriola, Executive Vice President, Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; and John D. Lefler, Vice President of Operations and General Manager, Mittal Steel USA – Sparrows Point, Sparrows Point, Md. Treasurer Theodore F. Lyon, Managing Director for Hatch Associates Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Secretary Ronald E. Ashburn, Executive Director of AIST, Warrendale, Pa., complete the executive committee.

AIST 2005–2006 board members include:

• John A. Barbus of Berry Metal Co., Chesterton, Ind.
• Kevin J. Bertermann, AMEPA America, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
• William P. Breedlove, National Recovery Systems Inc., East Chicago, Ind.
• Barry W. Brusey, Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada.
• Paul D. Conley, Allegheny Ludlum Corp., Brackenridge, Pa.
• Harriet G. Dutka, The Timken Co., Canton, Ohio.
• Paul A. Ferguson, Nucor Steel–Berkeley, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
• Joseph A. Malchar, TXI Chaparral Steel, Midlothian, Texas.
• Cynthia E. McLaughlin, California Steel Industries, Inc., Fontana, Calif.
• Scott M. Mills, Nucor Steel–Decatur, Decatur, Ala.
• M. Asif Mirza, Washington Group Intl., Inc., Princeton, N.J.
• Peter K. O’Hagan, Larco Steel Mill Services, Stoney Creek, Ont., Canada.
• Thomas Ondrey, U.S. Steel Corp., Braddock, Pa.
• James B. Quick, DTE Energy Services, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Ronald M. Raftis, Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
• Thomas J. Russo, Mittal Steel USA–Sparrows Point, Sparrows Point, Md.
• Thomas M. Ryan, XTEK, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Veena Sahajwalla, University of New South Wales, Australia.
• Richard P. Smith, Mittal Steel USA–Coatesville, Coatesville, Pa.
• Charles A. Totten, P&H Morris Material Handling, LLC, Michigan City, Ind.
• John T. Wilson, Minteq International, Inc., North Canton, Ohio.
• Kevin L. Zeik, U.S. Steel Corp., Monroeville, Pa.

The organization will hold AISTech 2006, its Annual Convention and Exposition, from May 1-4, 2006, at the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. For more information about AIST, call (724) 776-6040, ext. 1 or visit the association’s website.

The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) was formed on Jan. 1, 2004, by the merger of the Iron & Steel Society and the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers. AIST is an international technical association representing iron and steel producers, their allied suppliers and related academia. The Association is dedicated to advancing the technical development, production, processing and application of iron and steel.