November 15, 2011 meeting

Written on October 25, 2011 by admin

Category: Meetings

December 13th, 2011

Spouse’s Night – Scott’s

This Month’s Meeting:

Presenters: Fred Simonelli –

Pre-election Insight

Location:

Francesco’s

8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653

Date: November 15th, 2011

Time:

4:00 – Board Meeting

4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)

5:15 – Dinner

6:00 – Presentation

Dinner Choices:

Chicken Santa Fe or

Talapia Picata

$35 / Person

Please RSVP by Nov. 8th (with your dinner choice) to:

Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com

Phone: (510)632-3467

NINO V. DAVI

1921 – 2011

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF NINO DAVI ON OCTOBER 18, 2011.

NINO JOINED PACIFIC STEEL IN 1950 AND WAS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS IN 1969. HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN’S SOCIETY IN 1956-1957 AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SFSA WESTERN DIVISION TECHNICAL AND OPERATING GROUP IN 1958-1959.

NINO PRESENTED SEVERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PAPERS AT SFSA MEETINGS AND WON THE GUSTAV A. LILLIEQVIST AWARD IN 1959 FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED TECHNICAL PAPER IN THE INDUSTRY. IN 1972 THE SFSA PRESENTED NINO THE INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT, THE CHARLES W. BRIGGS TECHNICAL AND OPERATING GOLD MEDAL. THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO NINO ONLY UPON THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE SFSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE METAL RECOGNIZED OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. IN MORE RECENT YEARS, NINO WAS HONORED BY THE CALIFORNIA CAST METALS ASSOCIATION WITH THE ERWIN G. TETZLOFF MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY.

WE ALL AT PACIFIC STEEL ARE PRIVILEDGED TO HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH NINO DAVI. HE WAS A TRUE LEGEND IN THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACIFIC STEEL CASTING COMPANY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

    A memorial service for Nino will be held on

    Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

    at 1:00 p.m.

    St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church,

    3700 Dorisa Avenue

    Oakland, CA.

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2010-2011 Officers

Keith Krook – Chair
General Foundry Service

Zeydi Gutierrez – Vice Chair
AB&I Foundry

Eric Whitenight – Secretary
CASS Inc

Lalit Anand – Treasurer
Pacific Steel Casting Company

Kevin Doran – Past Chair
AB&I Foundry



Directors

Bill Roberts
West Callaway Stotka, Inc.

Thottathil Anish
Pacific Steel Casting Company

Mike Olvera
AB&I Foundry

Pauline Aragon
AB&I Foundry


Calendar of Events 2011

January 11, 2011
Kevin McCullough – AB&I

February 8, 2011
Jessica Mattia – ESI Group Solidification Software & Services

March 8, 2011
TBD

April 12, 2011
Raymond Monroe – Executive Vice President, SFSA
Top Ten trends in Metal Casting for the Next Decade

May 10, 2011
Tour

June 14, 2011
Old Timers Night

September 23, 2011
Golf Tournament – Metropolitan Golf Course - Oakland, CA