Masonry Magazine March 1975 Page. 34

Words: Jack McDonald, Robert Linck, Delton Shrock, Henry Marsh, Kenneth McRae, Robert Platt, Dr. Colville, J. Manning, Robert Finch, Richard Rasmussen, Joseph Sansone
Masonry Magazine March 1975 Page. 34

Masonry Magazine March 1975 Page. 34
People & Events...
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Delton Shrock, vice president, Cone-Crete Products, Inc., Elkhart, Ind., was elected president of the Indiana Concrete Masonry Association at the group's 17th annual convention in Indianapolis.

Jack L. McDonald has been elected executive vice president of Centex Corp., Dallas, Tex. He remains president of Centex's Cement & Related Products Companies.

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Henry N. Marsh, Jr., senior engineer at Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.'s product development laboratory in Granville, Ohio, has been named chairman of the Fiber Reinforced Concrete Committee of the American Concrete Institute.

Kenneth McRae, Jr., a veteran of 20 years in the Michigan construction industry, has been appointed to the new post of technical engineer on the staff of the Masonry Institute of Michigan.

Robert H. Platt, former president of Magnavox Co., has been elected vice chairman of the board of Lone Star Industries, Inc., Greenwich, Conn., a major cement producer and retailer of building materials.

"Computer Analysis of Engineered Masonry" was the subject of a workshop for Maryland architects and engineers sponsored by the Masonry Institute of Maryland in Baltimore. Dr. James Colville, consultant to the institute and associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Maryland, was the speaker.

The Safety Products Division of Norton Co., Worcester, Mass., has announced the appointment of J. Nelson Manning as district sales supervisor.

When a Texas school class was told that the next day they would learn to draw, 18 youngsters showed up with pistols.

Robert H. Finch, former lieutenant governor of California and former secretary of Health, Education & Welfare in Washington, has been elected to the board of directors of Royal Industries, Pasadena, Calif., a diversified manufacturer whose principal products serve the automotive replacement and energy markets.

Richard Rasmussen has been appointed manager of the Construction Products Division of Super-Cut, Inc., Chicago, III., manufacturer of masonry saws and blades.

The Scaffold Contractors Association headquartered in Van Nuys, Calif. recently conducted a general membership and board meeting at the Arizona-Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix. The Association's membership now covers 11 states from Florida to Hawaii.

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CCE Elects Officers

Robert E. Linck, president, Warren Ehret-Linck Co., Philadelphia roofing contracting firm, has been elected board chairman of the Council of Construction Employers, Washington, D.C. Pictured with him is Joseph F. Sansone, president, Facilities Painting Corp., Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and new vice chairman of the board. The CCE is an organization of 13 national contractor associations whose membership consists of approximately 77,000 construction contractors who employ about 3.5 million union building tradesmen.


Norton Appoints Four

Four district sales supervisory appointments have been announced by Norton Co.'s Safety Products Division, Worcester, Mass. Appointed were Robert Laughlin for the division's Ohio, West Virginia, western New York and western Pennsylvania district; J. William Clements for the South Carolina, Georgia and Florida district; Michael J. Brown for the Gulf Coast district, and William O. Hurd for the New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New York City district.


OSHA Expands Locations

The Labor Department's Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) reports it now operates 113 field locations at which its inspectors are stationed, more than double the number of offices since the administration was created four years ago.


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