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AIST Announces President, Officers for 2007–2008

05/24/2007 - AIST announced new 2007-2008 officers during its recent annual conference and exposition, AISTech 2007, including the appointment of Charles J. Messina of Praxair Metals Technologies as the association’s new President.

Charles J. Messina, Vice President, Praxair Metals Technologies, Indianapolis, Ind., has been appointed President of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) for   2007–2008. He replaces outgoing president Richard P. Teets Jr., Executive vice President, Steel Dynamics Inc., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
 
AIST announced its new executive officers and board of directors during the organization’s annual conference and exposition, AISTech 2007, which was held May 7–10 in Indianapolis. Also appointed as officers were:
 
  • First Vice President— Andrew S. Harshaw, Vice President — Manufacturing, Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
  • Second Vice President — John J. Ferriola, Executive Vice President, Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.
  • Past President— Richard P. Teets Jr., Executive Vice President, Steel Dynamics Inc., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
  • Officer-at-Large— Anthony R. Bridge, Vice President — Engineering And Technology, United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Officer-at-Large— William P. Breedlove, Business Director, Eastern Region, MultiServ North America, Cranberry Twp., Pa.
  • Officer-at-Large— Kent D. Peaslee, Professor, University of Missouri Rolla, Rolla, Mo.
  • Treasurer — Theodore F. Lyon, Managing Director, Hatch Associates Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Secretary— Ronald E. Ashburn, Executive Director, AIST, Warrendale, Pa.
 
AIST board members, also announced during the convention, include:
 
  • Greg W. Bott, Gerdau Ameristeel Beaumont, Vidor, Texas
  • Richard A. Browning, Praxair Inc., Burr Ridge, Ill.
  • Rian J. Dippenaar, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
  • Michael S. Dudzic, Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
  • Daniel W. Elwood, Mittal Steel USA – Burns Harbor, Burns Harbor, Ind.
  • Mary L. Frankovich, Mittal Steel USA – Burns Harbor, Burns Harbor, Ind.
  • Anthony F. Gamboni, Nucor Steel–Hertford County, Cofield, N.C.
  • Ty Hall, CMC Steel Texas, Seguin, Texas
  • Dale E. Heinz, Mittal Steel USA – Burns Harbor, Burns Harbor, Ind.
  • Jason E. Holmes, Nucor Steel–Berkeley, Huger, S.C.
  • Robert J. Jason, Mittal Steel USA – Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
  • John E. Jetkiewicz, CMC Steel Texas, Seguin, Texas
  • Gregory A. Meszaros, U. S. Steel Research and Technology Center, Munhall, Pa.
  • Brian D. Nelson, Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
  • Jay J. Ondrovic, Nucor Steel–Indiana, Crawfordsville, Ind.
  • Stuart J. Owen, Union Gas Ltd., Brantford, Ont., Canada
  • Pat Philbin, WCI Steel Inc., Warren, Ohio
  • Megan A. Preston, All States Industrial Supply Inc., Cinnaminson, N.J.
  • Paul Rasmussen, Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada;
  • Laurence E. Scott Jr., U. S. Steel–Great Lakes Works, Ecorse, Mich.
  • Rodney P. Simpson, USS-Posco Industries, Pittsburg, Calif.
  • W. Ray Sims, Nucor Steel–Berkeley, Huger, S.C.
 
AISTech 2007was one of the largest gatherings of industry personnel in the world this year. The four-day conference program encompassed more than 350 technical presentations, and exhibits by almost 400 domestic and international companies. More than 5,500 people attended. The organization will hold AISTech 2008 — The Iron &  Steel Technology Conference and Exposition on May 5–8, 2008, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. For more information about AIST, call (724) 776-6040, ext. 1 or visit www.aist.org.
 
AIST is an international professional and technical association of more than 13,300 professional and student members, 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.