IFI Has Honored 31 With Soaring Eagle Awards
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IFI Has Honored 31 With Soaring Eagle Awards
This year the Industrial Fasteners Institute presented its Soaring Eagle awards to Joe Greenslade, retired from IFI; and Thomas E. Hay, retired from National Machinery L.L.C.
The Industrial Fasteners Institute initiated the Soaring Eagle Awards in 2001 to recognize “those persons who have ascended far beyond the expected in their contributions to the North American fastener industry and the many industries it serves.”
In effect, the IFI program honors three more who the awards are named after: William Ward, George Case and Ray Trowbridge.
Subsequently a total of 31 fastener industry leaders have been honored with IFI Soaring Eagle Awards.
Below are the honorees of the Ward, Case and Trowbridge awards. Click on the Fastener History section of GlobalFastenerNews.com to read more about each award winner.
Ward Leadership Award
“The William E. Ward Leadership Award honors outstanding contributions by an individual who has provided direction, vision and focus toward the timely resolution of strategic issues challenging the mechanical fastener industry and the many markets it serves. The award is intended to encourage others to give of their time and talents to achieve exceptional leadership.”
“Ward (1821-1900) is one of the great names in the early history of the fastener industry as both a businessman and inventor. He had a long string of inventions, most notably; the patents in 1850 and 1852 for open and closed die headers respectively. These have formed the basis for the standard production concepts of today. His ideas were especially important for their indisputable originality, both in conception and construction,, as well as the evidence they afforded of his complete mastery of mechanical principles and science.”
Robert E. Brunner, Illinois Tool Works, 2001
Max F. Dorflinger, Nylok, 2008
George Grabner, Lamson & Sessions Co. 2011
Robert H. Lench, T.W. Lench Ltd., 2007
Barry MacLean, MacLean-Fogg, 2013
Patrick Meade, High-Shear Aerospace Fasteners, 2006
Jack Pekar, PT&G Consulting, 2010
George F. Wasmer, Lake Erie Screw Corp., 2002
James E. Wittersheim, Semblex Corp., 2005
Trowbridge Technology Award
“The Roy P. Trowbridge Technology Award honors an individual who has contributed to the advancement of fastener application engineering, and has materially added to the pool of knowledge relating to the design and application of mechanical fasteners and formed parts.”
“Trowbridge served as Director Engineering Standards for General Motors Corporation. He was the first industrialist representing a major user to recognize the importance of mechanical fasteners to the assembly function. During his term as President of ANSI (American National Standards Institute), he provided leadership for a special Study Committee to Develop the Optimum Metric Fastener System which involved a total re-engineering of mechanical fastener concepts for a completely new metric system of mechanical fasteners.”
Errol M. Alexander, 2001
John H. Bickford, 2005
Bengt Blendulf, 2013
Salim Brahimi, 2015
Harry S. Brenner, Almay Research & Testing Corp., 2007
Ray H. Carlson, Raycarl, 2002
Frank Cosenza, 2011
Thomas Hay, 2016
Dr. Louis Raymond, 2006
Ralph Shoberg, 2014
Joseph J. Tomalis, 2010
Case Meritorious Service Award
“The George S. Case Sr. Meritorious Service Award is presented to an individual who has a record of significant and lasting contribution to the mechanical fastener industry and has demonstrated outstanding service to the IFI in its pursuit of the objectives for which it was founded.”
“George S. Case Sr. (1882-1950) joined the Lamson & Sessions Co. as a graduate mechanical engineer in 1904 and subsequently became its President and Board Chairman. In 1931 he was instrumental in the formation of the American Institute of Bolt, Nut & Rivet Manufacturers, which became the IFI in 1949. He served as the first elected officer of the newly formed industry association from 1931 to 1933. He also served as Vice President of ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and was a consultant for the World War II Production Board.”
Joseph Bahadrian, Ifastgroupe, 2008
Joe Greenslade, Industrial Fasteners Institute, 2016
Dan Haerther, Semblex, 2011
J. Porter McLean, ATF, 2015
Charles R. O’Brien, 2002
Donald E. Surber, ATF Inc., 2010
William E. Tudor, General Motors, 2006
Harry J. Wilkinson, SPS Technologies, 2001
Charles J. Wilson, Industrial Fasteners Institute, 2005
William E. Tudor, General Motors, 2006
Steven W. Vass, Lake Erie Screw Corp., 2007
Click on the Fastener History section of GlobalFastenerNews.com to read more about each award winner.
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