Released on November 26, 2008

FEF, The Foundation for Metal Casting Education, Schaumburg, Ill., held its 61st annual College Industry Conference on Nov. 20-21 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, bringing together more than 265 industry executives, student delegates, key professors and university administrators.

The conference is structured to connect students to potential industry employers. This year, it drew 97 student delegates and representatives of 30 companies in the metalcasting industry.

The event also included addresses by Kathy Hayrynen, Applied Process Inc., Livonia, Mich.; Raymond Monroe, Steel Founders’ Society of America, Crystal Lake, Ill.; Michelle Keil, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill.; Peter Clark, Magellan, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; and Bob Smillie, retired from Nemak, Monterrey, Mexico.

In total, $54,000 in scholarships and awards was presented during the conference. The awards were given to the following people:

• E.J. Walsh Award—Phil Duke, vice president, Mouat Co.;
  
• FEF/AFS Distinguished Professor—John Berry, Mississippi State;
  
• AFS-Detroit-Windsor (George Booth) Scholarship—Jaimie Krzyzanowski, Mohawk College;
  
• AFS-Saginaw Valley Scholarship—Jason Klein, Western Michigan Univ.;
  
• AFS Southwestern Ohio Scholarship—Derek Elder, Kent State;
  
• Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Memorial Scholarship—Robert Wheeler, Mohawk College, and Wael Deabes, Tennessee Tech;
  
• Donald Brunner Scholarship-ThyssenKrupp Waupaca—Heidi Dugan, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
  
• Clifford Chier-Badger Mining
  
• Corp.—Jonathan Zeamer, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
  
• William E. Conway Scholarship-Fairmount Minerals—Ruben Rosales, Instituto Tecnologico de Saltillo;
  
• Tony & Elda Dorfmueller Scholarship—Cynthia Sanchez, Instituto Tecnologico de Saltillo;
  
• Richard Frazier Scholarship—Garret Davis, Pittsburg State;
  
• Burleigh Jacobs Scholarship-Grede Foundries—Steven Schilling, Univ. of Northern Iowa;
  
• James P. & Katherine Keating Scholarship—Zackery Borton, Trine Univ.;
  
• Loper Award—Kevin Woodson, Purdue-Indianapolis;
  
• MODERN CASTING Scholarship— Aaron Poe, Pittsburg State;
  
• Chester V. Nass Memorial
  
• Scholarship—Julie Chapman, Case Western Reserve;
  
• Robert W. Reesman Memorial
  
• Scholarship—Billy Hornbuckle, Univ. of Alabama;
  
• Gary Thoe Scholarship-ThyssenKrupp Waupaca—Adam Smith, Kent State;
  
• Robert V. Wolf Memorial Scholarship—Ben Gadomski, Trine Univ.;
  
• Keith D. Millis Scholarship—Joel Deibler, Penn State, Nathaniel James, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Kurt McCluskey, Univ. of
• Wisconsin-Platteville, and Steven Williams, Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham;
  
• Ron Ruddle Scholarship—Schulte Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech.