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2004 FEF Conference delivers opportunities in metalcasting to 101 student representatives.


One-hundred one students turned out for the 2004 Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF FEF forced expiratory flow.

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) College Industry Conference to see what future opportunities exist in the metalcasting industry.

Held Nov. 11-13 at The Drake Hotel The following hotels are named the Drake Hotel:
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  • The Drake Hotel, Philadelphia
  • Drake Hotel (Toronto)
, Chicago, more than 300 people attended the conference, which brought top industry officials together with students, who represented FEF's 25 schools.

The event featured a keynote address keynote address
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 from Tom Prucha, Intermet Corp., during the general session. Also during the session, attendees observed a panel presentation consisting of three former FEF students: Glenn Byczynski, Nemak Corp., Steve Renz, Howmet Castings Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Howmet, a division of Alcoa is a world leader in the investment casting of superalloys, aluminum and titanium primarily for jet aircraft and industrial gas turbine (IGT) engine components. , and Daniel Twarog, North American North American

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The conference also featured two awards sessions during the annual banquet and the recognition breakfast. At the banquet, Dwight Barnhard, Superior Aluminum Castings, received the E.J. Walsh Award, FEF's highest honor. Also during the banquet, Foundry of the Year honors went to Howmet Castings, Whitehall, Mich.; the Supplier of the Year award was given to American Colliod Co., Arlington Heights Arlington Heights, village (1990 pop. 75,460), Cook county, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; founded 1836, inc. 1887. Its manufactures include machinery, drugs and medical equipment, and metal fabrication. Arlington Park racetrack is there. , Ill.; and the AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System.

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 Detroit/Windsor Chapter was named the Society/Association of the Year.

At the recognition breakfast, which featured a presentation from Earl Brooks, Tri-State Univ., more than 30 current FEF student delegates received scholarships.

Following is a list of the scholarship recipients:

George Booth-AFS Detroit/Windsor Scholarship--Matthew Delaurier, Univ. of Windsor;

AFS Saginaw Valley Scholarship--Ryan Schwark, Western Michigan
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 Univ.;

AFS Southwestern Ohio Scholarship--Brian Dickinson, Kent State Univ.;

Clifford Chier-Badger Mining Corp. Scholarship--Alan Johansen, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville;

Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Memorial Scholarship--Gregory Schaefer and Scott Schudalla, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;

Donald Brunner Scholarship-ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Scholarship--Scott Sharpee, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville;

Paul Carey Scholarship-Ashland Specialty--Leon Amelinckx, Pennsylvania State Univ;

John Deere Scholarship--Richard Borger, Mohawk College:

Tony & Elda Dorfmueller Scholarship--Edward Druschitz, Central Washington Univ.;

William E. Conway Scholarship-Fairmount Minerals--Nate Miller, Case Western Reserve Univ.;

Richard Frazier Scholarship--Matthew Hilgendorf, Kettering Univ.;

William M. Grimes Scholarship-Gartland Foundry--Kristie Luna, Tennessee Technical Univ.;

George Isaac Scholarship--Jonathan Woolley, Univ. of Alabama:

Burleigh Jacobs Scholarship-Grede--Kara Hobart, Pennsylvania State Univ.;

James P. & Katherine Keating Scholarship--David Keffer, Pennsylvania State Univ.;

Charles Marshall Memorial Scholarship--Christopher St. John, California State Univ.-Chico;

MODERN CASTING Partners Scholarship--Patrick Henry, Univ. of Alabama;

Chester V. Nass Memorial Scholarship--Joe Checchia, Mohawk College;

Robert W. Reesman Memorial Scholarship--Rachel Abrahams, California State Polytechnic Univ.-Pomona;

Robert V. Wolf Memorial Scholarship--Stephen Johnson, Tri-State Univ.;

John Svoboda Memorial Scholarship--Steve Smith, Kent State Univ.;

Ron Puddle Memorial Scholarship--Angela Wollenburg, Pennsylvania State Univ.;

Keith D. Millis Scholarship--Jeffrey Herdman, Mohawk College; Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course.  Hobart, Pennsylvania State Univ.: Kristie Luna, Tennessee Tech Univ.; Scott Sharpee, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville;

David Laine Scholarship--Rebecca Brantley, Purdue Univ.; James Heller, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville; Matthew Hilgendorf, Kettering Univ.; Bradley Morgan, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla.
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