FEF College Industry Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER, 2002
FEF COLLEGE INDUSTRY CONFERENCE

A total of 370 people-249 industry and university people attended this year's conference, along with 121 student delegates representing FEF's 32 schools. This unique conference brought together top industry executives, FEF Board Members, Key Professors, university officials and top student delegates-all interested in metal casting. Bob Smillie of Nemak was the conference chairman.

The FEF Annual Banquet was held at the Crystal Garden restaurant on Navy Pier in Chicago on Thursday night, November 7. Special FEF recognition awards were presented to: Foundry of the year-John Deere Foundry in Waterloo, Iowa; Supplier of the year-Fairmount Minerals in Chardon, Ohio; and Society/Association of the year-the Ductile Iron Society. Also, at the banquet, FEF provided the forum for the Foundry Management & Technology's Hall of Fame awards which were presented to Paul Carey and Daryl Hoyt. Bruce Dienst of Simpson Technologies was the Master of Ceremonies. 

During the General Session on Friday, the Keynote address was given by Roger Stanbridge, President of Foseco. This year's three panelists included Andrea Kay, Quality Engineer at EST Co., Grafton, WI and an FEF scholar from Ohio State and Virginia Tech; Pete Carpenter, Foundry Manager at Robert Bosch Corp., St. Joseph, MI and an FEF scholar from the Michigan Tech; and Bill Powell, Manager of Melt & Metallurgy of Waupaca Foundry, Waupaca, WI and an FEF scholar from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

During the Edward C. Hoenicke Memorial Luncheon, the AFS/FEF Board Award of $6000 was given to FEF Key Professor, Bob Voigt serving at Penn State University. Also given out this year, were 2 gifts, each in the amount of $10,000, from the FEF/Ray Witt Gift Program. These gifts were presented to Thomas Hahn from Pittsburg State University and Luis Trueba from Tri-State University.

The Industry Information Session offered students an up-close and personal look at the industry. It also gave the 32 participating companies, who had 33 tables, the most cost-effective way to see some of the top metal casting students in the country all in one place.

The Awards and Recognition Breakfast speaker was the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Nancy Zimpher. Following her comments, 22 delegate scholarships were awarded to the student delegates who had submitted applications for these awards (see reverse side). In addition, one school had a student in the "runner-up" category. This student will receive an expense-paid trip to the AFS Government Affairs Conference in April, 2003. Also highlighted were the four Keith Millis scholarships in Ductile Iron and the Ron Ruddle graduate level scholarship. FEF's highest award, the E.J. Walsh Award, was presented at this breakfast as well. The award went to Charter Lifetime Patron, Carl Loper, retired FEF Key Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and current adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

The total scholarships and awards that were presented during this 2-day conference equaled $85,000.

Bill Sorensen, FEF's Executive Director, announced that next year's College Industry Conference will be in Chicago on November 13-15, 2003. More information on this conference, or any of the FEF activities, can be obtained from the FEF office at 484 E. Northwest Highway, Des Plaines, IL 60016, Phone 847/299-1776, Fax 847/299-1789, email info@fefoffice.org, web page http://www.fefoffice.org. 

CIC Student Delegate Scholarships-November 9, 2002

Special Scholarships also awarded at the breakfast

David Laine Scholarships