FSCT mourns loss of A. Clarke Boyce, Past-President.A. Clarke Boyce, a Past-President of the FSCT FSCT Federation of Societies for Coating TechnologyFSCT Fire Support Control Terminal (1982-83), passed away suddenly on January 18, 2004 at his home in Oakville, Ontario Oakville (2006 population 165,613[2]) is a town on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, midway between Toronto (about 31 km or 19 mi away) on its eastern border and Hamilton (about 20 km or 12 mi away) from its western border. . He was 78. A native of London, Ontario, Mr. Boyce graduated from Western Ontario University with a B.S. Degree in Honors Chemistry. He began his career with Langmuir Paint Company (later became British Paints) after college and worked there until he joined Nacan Products Ltd. in 1962 as a technical service chemist in the Resins Division. Mr. Boyce would go on to become technical service manager of the division. In this capacity, he was responsible for all technical services and resin development for the Resins Division in Canada. He worked for Nacan until his retirement in 1991 and then remained with the company in a consultancy role for a number of years. A noted expert in latex latex, emulsion of a polymer (e.g., rubber) in water (see colloid). Natural latexes are produced by a number of plants, are usually white in color, and often contain, in addition to rubber, various gums, oils, and waxes. paint technology, Mr. Boyce presented research papers at various meetings and symposia sym·po·si·a n. A plural of symposium. throughout the world. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An active member in coatings industry organizations, Mr. Boyce held various chairman positions for the Toronto Society and was its president from 1970-71. In his role as chairman of the Society's Educational Committee, he designed the curriculum for the Coatings Course at George Brown College George Brown College (GBC) is a public, fully-accredited college of applied arts and technology with three full campuses in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Like many other colleges in Ontario, GBC was founded in 1967 by the government of Ontario. . Mr. Boyce devoted much of his time to coatings education. He co-authored the "Coatings Technology" course book series used as a teaching text and reference source throughout the industry. Mr. Boyce's initial involvement with the FSCT was as the Toronto Society Representative on the FSCT Board of Directors. He served FSCT's Paint Research Institute (PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. ) as Trustee for many years and also held the position of treasurer for a term. Additionally, he was a member of the Ontario Paint Association's Board of Directors. Mr. Boyce received the George Baugh Heckel Award, the Federation's highest honor, in 1991. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; sons Ken and Doug; and five grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . |
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