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signed the project with Richard M. Gensert as the consulting structural engineer. The occasion which reunited the group was the third in a series of masonry seminars being held through 1973 in Baltimore. Pictured (from the left) are: James G. Gross, P.E., chief, Office of Housing Technology, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.; Robert D. Dikkers, P.E., Office of Building Standards & Code Services, National Bureau of Standards; Richard M. Gensert, P.E., of R.M. Gensert Associates, Cleveland; Tasso Katselas, Office of Tasso Katselas, Pittsburgh: Alan H.
Arizona MCA Honors Charles Court
Retiring mason contractor Charles Court (center) is all smiles after receiving the Meritorious Service plaque from Blaine Warner (right), president of the Arizona Masonry Contractors Association. Admiring the plaque is Paul H. Rosen steel, public relations director of the association and MCAA field representative from Phoenix. Court has been active in the masonry cleaning, pointing and caulking contracting business in the Phoenix area for many years, is a charter member of the Arizona MCA, and has served on many of the local chapter's committees.
Masonry Colleagues Enjoy Get-together
A group of masonry friends and promoters were reunited eight years after the First National Brick Bearing Wall Conference held in Pittsburgh in May, 1965. The conference was generated by the design and construction of the Penley Park Housing Development in Pittsburgh, signifying the first major application of rational design in masonry bearing wall construction. Arcihtect Tasso Katselas de-Yorkdale, P.E., director, engineering and research, Brick Institute of America, McLean, Va., and Robert W. Schlenker, executive director, Masonry Institute of Maryland, Baltimore.
Watchdog With a Loud Purr
Des Moines zoo director Robert Elgin has a roaring good idea on how to discourage vandals. Following a costly incident where vandals sprayed zoo animals with paint and set some species free. Elgin provided the zoo community with a roving watchdog. A lion was allowed to patrol the enclosure after dark.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED for the '74 MCAA Annual Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas? Those dates are February 24-28-and time is running out. Use the handy Registration Form on page 31 and save 10 bucks to boot!
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