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2002 FEF Conference portrays career opportunities, presents $85,000 to students, instructors. (Metalcasting Associations).


The annual Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF FEF forced expiratory flow.

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) College Industry Conference, held November 7-9, 2002, in Chicago, saw an increase in students, companies and tabletop exhibitors with a total attendance of 370.

Presided over by FEF President Conner Warren, Citation Corp., and Conference Chairman and FEF Vice President Bob Smillie, Nemak of Canada Corp., the event centered on the future talent of the metalcasting industry: the 121 student delegates from FEF's 32 schools. In addition to providing both students and firms with a unique opportunity to familiarize themselves with one another, the event served to distribute $85,000 in scholarships and awards.

The conference featured a banquet at Navy Pier, followed by the conference program, industry information session (32 firms exhibiting to make contact for employment) and the student awards ceremony.

This year's conference panel included three former FEF scholars working in industry: Andrea Kay, quality engineer, EST EST electroshock therapy.

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 Corp.; and Bill Powell, Manager of Melt & Metallurgy, Waupaca Foundry. Following the panel was Foseco President Roger Stanbridge, who gave the keynote address keynote address
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, retired Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison FEF Key Professor and current adjunct professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The AFS/FEF Board Award of $6000 was given to Penn State Univ. FEF Key Professor, Bob Voigt. Also presented were two $10,000 gifts from the FEF/Ray Witt Gift Program to Thomas Hahn, Pittsburg State Univ., and Luis Trueba, Tri-State Univ. Special recognition awards were also presented to: John Deere Foundry (Foundry of the Year); Fairmount Minerals (Supplier of the Year); and the Ductile Iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1943 by Keith Millis[1]. While most varieties of cast iron are brittle, ductile iron is much more ductile, as the name implies.  Society (Association of the Year).

Following is a list of the Student Delegate Scholarships recipients.

Richard Frazier Scholarship--Travis Eastwood, Pittsburg State Univ.

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 Southwestern Ohio Scholarship--Mark Reitz, Ohio State Univ.

William M. Grimes Scholarship.-Gartland Foundry--David Spoon, Western Michigan
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AFS Detroit Chapter-George Booth Scholarship--Stefany Stankovic, Univ. of Windsor

Charles Marshall Memorial Scholarship--Bodie Cooper, Mississippi State Univ.

John Svoboda Memorial Scholarship-Magma--Alicia Cobb, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla

James P. & Katherine Keating Scholarship--Craig Murray, Mohawk College Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public college in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Mohawk also has campuses located in Brantford and Stoney Creek, as well as the Institute for Applied Health Sciences located at McMaster University.  

Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Memorial Scholarship--Bryan Orf, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Memorial Scholarship--Tiffany Thorbahn, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Tony & Elda Dorfmueller Scholarship--Kate Felde, Case Western Reserve Univ.

William E. Conway Scholarship.-Fairmount Minerals--Joshua Mintz, Pittsburg State Univ.

John Deere Scholarship--Marcus Paar, Univ. of Northern Iowa

Robert W. Reesman Memorial Scholarship--Jeffrey Schilz, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville

Burleigh Jacobs Scholarship-Grede--Paul Hesse, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville

Donald G. Brunner Scholarship-Waupaca--Christian Hansen, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

George Isaac Scholarship--Nichlas Cannon, Penn State Univ.

MODERN CASTING Partners Scholarship--Scott Zandarski, Western Michigan Univ.

Robert V. Wolf Memorial Scholarship--Jennifer Garrison, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla

Paul Carey Paul Robert Carey (October 18, 1962 – June 14, 2001) served as White House Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton as well as 77th Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was the 7th son of former U.S.  Scholarship-Ashland Specialty--Nicholas Nanninga, Michigan Tech Univ.

AFS Saginaw Valley Chapter Scholarship--Danielle Visser, Michigan Tech Univ.

Transportation Technologies Industries--August Johnson, Mississippi State Univ.

Chester V. Nass Memorial Scholarship ship-Justin Ladner, Univ. of Alabama

2003 AFS Government Affairs Trip--Tyler Nooyan, Michigan Tech Univ.

Keith D. Millis Scholarships--Tim Stanton, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville; Matthew Thomas, Purdue Univ.-West Lafayette; Andrew Szostak, Bradley Univ.; and Coral Nocton, Tennessee Tech Univ.

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 Memorial Scholarship--Thomas Engle, Case Western Reserve Univ.

David Laine Scholarships--Randall Bambenek, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; James Foreman, Tri-State Univ.; John Harm, Ohio State Univ.; James Heller, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville; Dan Szablewski, Univ. of Windsor; Nicole Weimer, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Dan Medvec, St. Thomas (Spring '02) and Coral Nocton, Tennessee Tech Univ. (Spring '02).
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