Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter Monthly Newsletter for Thursday, Feburary 15, 2001

Chairperson's Message for February, 2001

This month's meeting is our Eisenmann Award Night. Our guest speaker this night will be Roger Jones who is the President of Solar Atmospheres, Inc. I am sure you will find the topic of Roger's talk, "Living Life in a Vacuum", very informative.

I continue to urge all Chapter members to come out, support, and participate in the many Chapter activities. March 31st is our annual "Spring Fling" dinner dance. This year this event will be held at a new venue- Old York Road Country Club. OYRC has a beautiful clubhouse that will be a great setting for our annual event. Please mark your calendar accordingly.

I wish to again remind everyone of the Chapter scholarship program. This year our scholarship committee will award three high school scholarships worth $300.00 each. In addition, we will award four collegiate scholarships, one at $2,000.00, two at $1,500.00, and one at $1,000.00. I encourage all members to contact high school students and/or undergraduate materials engineering students, to inform them of these award and scholarship opportunities.

In conclusion, as many of our chapter members already know, this spring my family and I will be relocated to Western Pennsylvania. I will be in charge of setting up a brand new, state of the art vacuum commercial heat treating plant, in Hermitage, PA. I am extremely honored to be the chosen one to run this plant for the Solar organization. However, at the time of writing this message, I realize that the majority of my time must now be invested in Western PA. Therefore, I will try to continue my commitment as your Chapter chairperson until this meeting. After the February meeting I anticipate handing the gavel over to John Janiszewski, our Vice Chairman. John will carry the torch for the balance of the year.

I have sincerely enjoyed the ASM comradship with all members over the past 20 years. I will surely miss all of the friendships, the information gained about new technologies, the networking, and the synergy that occurred every month and at social events. I am sure I will remain active in either the Pittsburgh or the Cleveland Chapters or both. However, I will always have fond memories of my home Chapter, the Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter - the best chapter in the world!

Bob Hill
2000-2001 Chairperson

This Month's Meeting Features...

Dinner Menu - Snapper Soup, Fresh Garden Salad, Breast of Chicken, Side of Spaghetti, Caesar Peas, Sweetheart Sundae

Social Hour -- 6:00-7:00 p.m., Dinner -- 7:00 p.m.
Price -- $17.00, student/retirees -- $7.00

Attention Students!!

We will be giving a $25 cash door prize for all full-time students (members or guests), at each of our regular monthly dinner meetings. Just let us know at the registration table and you could be our lucky winner! Come out and join us. We'd love to have you!

Technical Chairperson: Mr. Peter Kropff, J.W. Rex Company

Sponsors: Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co., Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Speaker: Mr. Roger A. Jones
President
Solar Atmospheres, Inc.

Topic: Living Life In A Vacuum

Roger A. Jones is president of Solar Atmospheres, Inc. located in Souderton, PA. He attended Hocking Technical College in 1974 studying heat processing and technology and has taken selective metallurgical courses from ASM and other technical organizations.

Roger joined ABAR Corporation in 1975 working in the heat treating division until 1978. He then started work at Vacuum Furnace Systems Corporation at its inception in 1978, along with his father, William R. Jones, who founded the company. Primary duties included manufacturing of vacuum heat treating and brazing furnaces as well as hot zone repair and maintenance. In 1983, Roger assisted with the founding of Solar Atmospheres, Inc., an affiliate of Vacuum Furnace Systems. Roger held the position of vice president and since 1993 has been president of Solar Atmospheres, Inc. Today, Solar is the largest commercial, single company, vacuum metallurgical processor east of the Mississippi.

A member of the Metal Treating Institute since 1983, Roger served as the Chairman of the Atlantic Coast Chapter in 1994. He has been on the Program Committee since 1995 and is a member of the Board of Trustees since 1998.

Roger has been a member of ASM International since 1980, and he has chaired eight committees in the Philadelphia Chapter since that time. He became his company's sustaining member representative in 1986. Roger was elected and served as Philadelphia Chapter Chairman for the 1993-94 chapter year. He currently serves as the Professional Development Committee Chairman. Roger has served at the ASM International level as well. He chaired the Membership Committee in 1996-97 and is currently a member of the Heat Treating Society Immediate Needs Committee and the Joint Heat Treating Training Council. Local awards from the Philadelphia Chapter include the Young Members Award, 1989 and the Delaware Valley Materials Person of the Year Award, 1998. Roger has given talks and published various technical papers in Industrial Heating, Advanced Materials and Processes, and other heat processing related publications.

Living Life In A Vacuum

Vacuum processing of materials is an ongoing and changing phenomena. The capability to more precisely process materials through controlled environments and computer programming is advancing. Our lives, and everything we do, revolve around the metals and materials that are processed in vacuum equipment.

Not only has the processing changed but also so has the equipment to process materials. The past, present and future of vacuum processing will be discussed and illustrated. The speaker will address these changes and other challenges he has experienced in the last 25 years in the vacuum heat processing industry.

Spouses and guests are invited and welcome. This meeting will be held at Williamson Restaurant, Easton Road, Horsham, PA. Reservations are necessary - Call: (215) 643-3369 (OH-DE-FOX), or you may register using our online form. Please don't call if you have already reserved via this web site LINK.

Sustaining Member Spotlight. . .

HOUGHTON INTERNATIONAL INC. has been a Philadelphia 'Liberty Bell' Chapter Sustaining member since 1920, and has been serving and supporting the chapter continuously since then. Their website can be found at www.houghtonintl.com. Since 1865, Houghton has been serving the metalworking, automotive, and steel industries, and a variety of other markets with the development and production of specialty chemicals, oils, and lubricants.

A privately held company, Houghton is headquartered in Valley Forge, PA and maintains manufacturing and research facilities throughout the world. Houghton offers a scope and depth of technical services unequaled in the industry. Through our unique FLUIDCARE Chemical Management program, Houghton customers are finding new ways to save on overall process chemical and disposal costs.

Today, as Houghton continues to expand its Pacific Rim operations and grow its worldwide manufacturing and research facilities, Houghton is still guided by the goals of its founders: to study industry and provide the oils and chemicals needed to keep it running. We work to help our customers run safer, smarter, and more efficiently. We invite you to join our customer family.

ASM Scholarships

Philadelphia "Liberty Bell" Chapter is offering its scholarships again this year. We are very excited to be adding a fourth undergraduate scholarship, the Charles F. Burns Memorial Scholarship. We are also excited to announce that the Philadelphia "Liberty Bell" Chapter is joining Drexel University for our High School scholarship this year. High school science classes will be eligible to win cash prizes along with the opportunity to conduct their own experiments at Drexel under the guidance of one of the professors! For application information contact Scott Nyce at 215-721-1502 or dsn@solaratm.com. All applications must be received no later than March 1st, 2001.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!!

Committee Memberships for 2001-2002

The Executive Committee is currently filling ASM Liberty Bell Chapter slots for operating committees for the next program year. The Chapter yearbook contains a list of standing committees and the duties of each. Anyone who is interested in serving on a committee, or who wants more information, should contact the committee chairman listed in the yearbook or John Janiszewski at 215-641-8849 or email at jjaniszewski@ltk.com.

Employment Opportunities

With Forensic Sciences, Inc. in Hatboro, PA. Position: Office Manager. Required Skills: familiarity with Word Perfect 5.1 or Word for Windows. Call Edwin Neu, 215-773-0332, email.

Annual Spring Dinner Dance

The Annual Spring Dinner Dance will be held March 31st at 7:oo p.m. at the Old York Road Country Club. Hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, dancing and door prizes. Call Rob DeKalb at 215-542-7600 if you are planning to attend. The cost is $45 per person.

News Flash

FORENSIC SCIENCES, INC. HAS MOVED!

We are now located at the Hatboro Technology Center, 2935 Byberry Rd., Hatboro, PA 19040-2815. Address correspondence to: P.O. Box 35, Hatboro, PA 19040, Phone: 215-773-0332 or 609-396-8216, Fax: 215-773-0335, E-mail: CENeu999@aol.com.

Attention Students!!

We will be giving a $25 cash door prize for all full-time students (members or guests), at each of our regular monthly dinner meetings. Just let us know at the registration table and you could be our lucky winner! Come out and join us. We'd love to have you!

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