Masonry Magazine October 1979 Page. 8
People & Events
The August, 1979 issue of Masonry reported on the honor recently bestowed by the American Society of Testing & Materials on Albert W. Isberner, Jr., principal research engineer for the Portland Cement Association's Research & Development/Construction Technology Laboratories, Skokie, III. Isberner received ASTM's Award of Merit and was named a Fellow of the Society. He is shown receiving the award from J. G. O'Grady, ASTM president, at formal ceremonies in Philadelphia.
Roger M. Scott, general manager of the architectural department of Reynolds Metals Co.'s Architectural & Building Products Division, Richmond, Va., has assumed the additional assignment of manager of sales and marketing. Oklahoma Brick Corp., Oklahoma City, has named Robert B. Oesch director of production.
The desk clerk was trying for a little publicity. "Here are a few views of our hotel for you to take with you, sir," he told the departing guests. "Thanks, but I have my own views of your hotel," was the guest's reply.
The Unit Masonry Association of Greater Cincinnati has moved to new quarters Carrousel Towers, Suite 306, 8075 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45237, (513) 761-6522. J. James Murphy, executive director, has announced Dick McKechnie, president of McKechnie Masonry, Phoenix, has been elected president of the Arizona Masonry Guild. Albert Rhoades Marschall, formerly commander of the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of civil engineers of the Navy, has been named commissioner of pubic buildings for the U.S. General Services Administration. William Haubold has been promoted to treasurer of Marblehead Lime Co., Chicago, III.
Good eaters were saluted by Disraeli: A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.
Layrite Concrete Products of Seattle, Inc. and Layrite Scaffold & Equipment, Inc. have become part of Builders Concrete, Inc., a Bellingham, Wash.-based firm. Eugene J. "Bud" Dale, a professional engineer and formerly operations manager with Lone Star Industries, has been appointed to manage the new division of Builders Concrete. John L. Goetz, senior vice president of Southwestern Portland Cement Co., Los Angeles, Calif., has received the Award of Merit from the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM). Wallace G. Irmscher, formerly president of Medusa Cement Co., has been appointed president of Penn-Dixie Industries, Inc., New York, N.Y.
To realize how short life is, one must live a long time.
William R. Howell, perlite products manager, Building Products Division, Grefco, Inc., Oak Brook, III., has been named recipient of the Lewis Lloyd Award, the highest honor granted by the perlite industry. Howell is shown receiving the award from Martin Sharp, president, Perlite Institute, and vice president, Chemrock Corp., Nashville, Tenn., at the Institute's 30th annual meeting in St. Croix. Thomas F. Renk, formerly executive director of the Independent Business Association of Wisconsin, has joined the staff of the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA), Milwaukee, Wis. George A. Fuller Co. has named Philip F. Moyer vice president of its northeast regional office, New York, N.Y., and vice president of administration for the company.
Marshall Harrison, 1st MCAA President, Dies in Missouri
Marshall Edward Harrison, first president of MCAA, died August 19, 1979, in a hospital in Sullivan, Mo. Mr. Harrison, 73, was born in St. Joseph, Mo., and had lived in that area 30 year before moving to Sullivan 15 years ago.
In the early fifties Mr. Harrison was one of the largest mason contractors in Mid-America, doing jobs in the greater Kansas City area, Denver, and the Pacific Northwest.
Mr. Harrison was elected president of MCAA at the Association's first convention, October 27-29, 1950, at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Mich. He served in office until the convention in Chicago, III., February 23, 1952, at the Palmer House.
Mr. Harrison also was extremely active in masonry industry affairs in his home state and was a past-president of the Kansas City Chapter of MCAA. He held many other offices in that chapter as well. His industry career as a bricklayer and mason contractor spanned some 50 years before his retirement in 1969.
He leaves his wife, Lorene; a son, Marshall C. Harrison, Memphis, Tenn.; his mother, Mrs. Mary Vanbebber, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Kays, both of Sullivan: two grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
Mr. Harrison's pioneering contributions to MCAA and the masonry industry will long be recognized by his many friends and business associates. MCAA extends its sincerest sympathies to his family.
York Purchases Wasco's Flashings Business
Wasco Products, Inc. and York Manufacturing, Inc., both of Sanford, Me., have jointly announced the purchase of Wasco's flashings business by York. York said it will continue the product lines established by Wasco over the past 45 years.
Wasco introduced electrolytic copper combined with fabric as a flashing material in the 30s to replace solid copper. Since then it has added other thru-wall and exposed flashing materials and products as well as moistureproof membranes and adhesives.