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At the 2005 FEF College/Industry Conference, three Millis Scholarships were awarded. The awards went to Jeremy McLimans from the University of Wisconsin at Plattville, Sara Weigle from Tri-State University, and Andrew Admiston from Tennessee Tech.
Each received $2,500 with which to help pay for their education.
The year 2006 will mark fifteen years that The Millis Scholarship has been helping students to continue their education and become a part of the foundry industry. The Millis Fund was established with industry donations in memory of Keith D. Millis, the inventor of ductile iron. If you would like to contribute to the fund and continue to help the foundry people for the future, contact Jack Hall at the Ductile Iron Society.
(440) 734-8040 or jhall@ductile.org.
A total of 337 people—236 industry and university people attended this year’s conference, along with 101 student delegates representing 25 FEF accredited schools and 2 FEF affiliated 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. Bill Barrett of Neenah Foundry was the conference chairman.
The Industry Information Session held on Thursday, November 10, offered students an up-close and personal look at the industry. It also gave the 42 participating companies, the most cost-effective way to see some of the top metal casting students in the country all in one place.
During the General Session on Friday, the Keynote address was given by Paul Mikkola, President and Chief Executive of Metal Casting Technology, Inc., New Hampshire. This year’s three panelists included Dan Kintner, Engineering Staff at Honda of America, Ohio and an FEF scholar from the Pittsburg State; Rodney Burkhardt, Assistant Plant Manager at Metal Technologies, Wisconsin and an FEF scholar from Western Michigan; and Sandy Loftus Calabrese, Production Superintendent with General Motors in Indiana and an FEF scholar from the Michigan Tech.
The FEF Annual Banquet was held at the Drake Hotel in Chicago on Friday night, November 11. Special FEF recognition awards were presented to: Foundry of the year—Honda of America Mfg. in Ohio, Supplier of the year—Applied Process in Michigan; and Society/Association of the year—the North American Die Casting Association. FEF’s highest award, the E.J. Walsh Award, was presented at the banquet as well. The award went to President Lifetime Patron, Conner Warren, retired from Citation Corporation, Alabama. Also, at the banquet, both the students and industry attendees enjoyed internationally acclaimed speaker, Dan Clark (sponsored by Ashland Specialty
Chemical).
It was also announced at the Annual Banquet that FEF is holding its first charitable eBay auction. Items contributed to FEF are available for bidding from November 11 through December 12, 2005.
During the Edward C. Hoenicke Memorial Luncheon, the AFS/FEF Board Award of $6000 was given to FEF Key Professor, Ray Rummell, Cal State-Chico.
The Awards and Recognition Breakfast speaker was Professor Emeritus (and former FEF Key Professor) of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, Scott Layman. Following his comments, 17 scholarships were awarded to the student delegates who had submitted applications for these awards (see reverse side).
The total scholarships and awards that were presented during this 2-day conference equaled $58,500.
Next year’s College Industry Conference will be in Chicago on November 16-18, 2006. More information on this conference, or any of the FEF activities, can be obtained from the FEF office at 1695 N. Penny Ln., Schaumburg, IL 60173, Phone 847/490-9200, Fax 847/890-6270, email info@fefoffice.org, web page http://www.fefoffice.org.
CIC Student Delegate Scholarships—November 12, 2005
AFS-Saginaw Valley Scholarship Brent Fogal Michigan Tech
AFS Southwestern Ohio Scholarship Stephanie Collins Ohio State
Clifford Chier-Badger Mining Corp. Karen Deason Univ. of Windsor
Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Mem. Scholarship Nicholas Hutchinson Cal Poly - Pomona
Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Mem. Scholarship Sarah Weigle Tri-State Univ.
Donald Brunner Schol.-ThyssenKrupp Waupaca William Rowden Univ. of Missouri-Rolla
John Deere Scholarship Dave Ongena Kettering Univ.
Tony & Elda Dorfmueller Scholarship Lizeth Medina Alatorre Inst. Tecnologico de Saltillo
Wm. E. Conway Schol.-Fairmount Minerals Dustin Wiess Kettering Univ.
William M. Grimes Schol.-Gartland Foundry Matthew Arvin Purdue-Indianapolis
George Isaac Scholarship Greg Gauerke Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville
Burleigh Jacobs Scholarship-Grede Dale Linder Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville
James P. & Katherine Keating Scholarship Erin Boyle Univ. of Windsor
Chester V. Nass Memorial Scholarship Jacob Davis Mississippi State
Robert W. Reesman Mem. Scholarship Dan Rudolph Penn State
Transportation Technologies Industries Inc. Samuel Read Pittsburg State
Robert V. Wolf Mem. Scholarship Darryl Webber Univ. of Missouri-Rolla
Special Scholarships – November 11, 2005
David Laine Scholarship Stephanie Kuhn Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
David Laine Scholarship Matthew Minnich Tri-State Univ.
David Laine Scholarship Alex Monroe Univ. of Iowa
David Laine Scholarship Dave Ongena Kettering Univ.
David Laine Scholarship Jeff Root Ohio State
Keith D. Millis Scholarship Andrew Edmiston Tennessee Tech
Keith D. Millis Scholarship Jeremy McLimans Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville
Keith D. Millis Scholarship Sarah Weigle Tri-State Univ.
Ron Ruddle Memorial Scholarship Benjamin Schultz Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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