Michigan Tech Inducts Seventeen New Members to the
Academy of Materials Science and Engineering
HOUGHTON, MI--Seventeen new members were inducted recently into the
Academy of Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan Technological
University. The Academy recognizes alumni and friends of the department
who have achieved success in the profession of materials science and engineering.
The new members are Jim Graham, Darel Hodgson, Bill Johnson, Jim Mallory,
Bill Truckner, Reza Abbaschian, Dick Arsenault, Bill Bernard, George Binczewski,
Domenic Canonico, Stan Friesen, Dave Gaylord, Bronce Henderson, Mike Lalich,
Tyrus Pinchback, Dennis Staley, and Dick Witte.
Graham, of Littleton, CO, graduated with a BS degree in metallurgical
engineering from Michigan Tech in 1970. He is currently senior vice president
of General Atomics in Denver. He received MTU's Outstanding Young Alumnus
Award in 1977.
Hodgson, of Palo Alto, CA, earned his BS in materials and metallurgical
engineering from Michigan Tech in 1963. He went to earn an MS in materials
science in 1965, and a Ph.D. in materials science in 1970, both from Stanford
University. He is currently president and founder of Shape Memory Application
Inc. in Santa Clara.
Johnson, of Ruckersville, VA, graduated cum laude with a BS degree in
applied physics from Michigan Tech in 1976. He then pursued both his MS
and Ph.D. degrees in metallurgical engineering at MTU. He is currently
a professor at the University of Virginia, in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering. He has served on the Board of Review for Metallurgical
and Material Transactions and has authored/co-authored more than 100 publications.
Mallory, of Osprey, FL, received a BS in metallurgical engineering from
Michigan Tech in 1948. He is currently president of JC Mallory & Co.,
an international consulting firm in Osprey. He is a MTU Alumni Association
Golden M member, a past trustee of the Michigan Tech Fund, a member of
the Presidents Society, and an MTU Board of Control Silver Medal Award
winner.
Truckner, of Avonmore, PA, received a BS in metallurgical engineering
from Tech in 1965. He went on to receive both his MS in 1967 and Ph.D.
in 1973 also from MTU. He held several positions at Alcoa until retiring
as technical director of Alcoa Labs. He is listed as co-inventor on nine
patents, and he has had numerous articles published on aluminum and aluminum
alloys.
Abbaschian, of Gainesville, FL, received his BS degree from the University
of Tehran and his MS from Michigan Tech in 1965. He went on to receive
a Ph.D. in metallurgy from University of California, Berkeley in 1972.
He is currently professor and chair of the Materials Science and Engineering
Department at the University of Florida at Gainesville. He has authored
over 200 scientific publications, holds six patents, and has received
a number of awards from various professional societies.
Arsenault, of Lanham, MD, earned his BS in metallurgical engineering
from Michigan Tech in 1957 and went on to receive a Ph.D. in materials
science from Northwestern University in 1962. He has worked at Westinghouse,
Oakridge, Brookhaven, and the University of Maryland where he is currently
director of the University's metallurgical laboratory. He has been active
in professional societies and has received numerous awards and recognition
for service and scholarly accomplishment.
Bernard, of Perrysburg, OH, earned a BS in metallurgical engineering
from Michigan Tech in 1969. He is currently president and CEO of Surface
Combustion and has been president of the Industrial Heat Treating Equipment
Association. He was a finalist for the 1997 Ohio entrepreneur of the year
award and was recently inducted into the Ohio Commodores, an association
that advises the Ohio Department of Commerce in international business
affairs.
Binczewski, of Moraga, CA, received a BS in metallurgical engineering
in 1953 from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Gonzaga University
in 1965. He worked for the Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation for
34 years and retired as metallurgical manager for fabrication operations
in 1987. He organized a series of two-week summer sessions for Kaiser
metallurgists on the MTU campus in the 1970s. The program included visits
by MTU faculty at Kaiser facilities. This program provided the basis for
a broad based professional interaction between Kaiser metallurgists and
MTU faculty that continues today.
Canonico, of Chattanooga, TN, received a BS in metallurgical engineering
from Michigan Tech in 1951 and went on to receive MS and Ph.D. degrees
from Lehigh University. He is currently vice president of technology for
Alstrom Power Performance projects in Chattanooga. He has published extensively
and has received numerous awards and recognition, most recently the 1999
ASME Melvin R. Green Medal for his role in internationalization of ASME
codes for boilers and pressure vessels.
Friesen, of Milford, OH, earned a BS in metallurgical engineering from
Michigan Tech in 1954. In 1960, he joined the General Electric Aircraft
Engine Group, where he eventually became deputy manager of the Engineering
Materials Technology Laboratory. He is now retired.
Gaylord, of Grand Rapids, MI, received a BS in metallurgical engineering
from Michigan Tech in 1964. In 1975, he became president and treasurer
of Progressive Heat Treating Inc. in Grand Rapids. He retired from this
position in 1999.
Henderson, of Sterling Heights, MI, received a BS in metallurgical engineering
from Michigan Tech in 1973. He went on to receive an MBA from the University
of Alabama in Huntsville. In 1980, he took over his father's business
and became CEO and board chair of DCT Inc. in Sterling Heights. He has
been a strong supporter of Michigan Tech athletics and has been a member
of MTU's Board of Control since 1995.
Lalich, of Duluth, MN, received a BS in metallurgical engineering in
1965 and an MS in 1966, both from Michigan Tech. He went on to receive
his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1972. In 1984,
he became director of the University of Minnesota's Natural Resources
Research Institute in Duluth. He sits on a number of boards and commissions
for state and local agencies in Minnesota and has been recognized by the
University of Wisconsin, Madison for his outstanding contributions in
engineering.
Pinchback, of Sun City West, AZ, attended Wayne State University and
went on to become an entrepreneur and prolific inventor of devices and
processes for the automotive industry. In 1990, he retired as chairman
and CEO of Wilson-Garner Company, a licensor and manufacturer of specialty
fasteners.
Staley, of Georgetown, TX, received a BS from Michigan Tech in 1957.
He retired in 1991 as group vice president of Duke Energy Corporation's
Panhandle Eastern Corporation in Houston, TX.
Witte, of Cincinnati, OH, received a BS in metallurgical engineering
in 1950, and after serving with the US Navy in Korea, went on to receive
a law degree from Indiana University in 1956. After finishing law school,
he joined Proctor and Gamble as a patent engineer and eventually rose
to become vice president and chief patent council for the company. He
was a member of the US delegation for discussions on the Paris Treaty
for Intellectual Property between 1984 and 1990.
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