Ronald J. O’Malley, F. Kenneth Iverson chair professor in steelmaking technologies and director of the Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, has been appointed president of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) for 2019–2020.
O’Malley succeeds James F. Dudek, vice president, asset revitalization and manufacturing excellence, United States Steel Corporation, Gary, Indiana.
O’Malley said that taking on the presidency will give him an opportunity to return something to the organization.
“AIST has given me so much, and I’ve reached a stage in my career where I feel like I can give back. I have always been active in AIST, but going forward, my rotation on the AIST executive committee gives me an opportunity to serve the larger AIST membership.”
Also appointed as officers were:
•First vice president: Steven J. Henderson, vice president and chief supply chain officer, Commercial Metals Company, Irving, Texas.
•Second vice president: Keith J. Howell, chief operating officer, USA Operations, ArcelorMittal USA, Burns Harbor, Indiana.
•Past president: James F. Dudek, vice president, asset revitalization and manufacturing excellence, United States Steel Corporation, Gary, Indiana.
•First officer-at-large: Barry T. Schneider, senior vice president, Flat Roll Steel Group, Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana.
•Second officer-at-large: Brian K. Bishop, vice president, carbon steel operations, AK Steel, West Chester, Ohio.
•Third officer-at-large: Thomas C. Toner, vice president, operations, SSAB Americas, Mobile, Alabama.
•Fourth officer-at-large: Allen C. Behr, vice president and general manager, Nucor Steel–Texas, Jewett, Texas.
•Treasurer: Joseph Dzierzawski, global director, technology and business development, Iron & Steel, Hatch Associates Consultants Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
•Secretary: Ronald E. Ashburn, executive director, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
Published in the June 2019 Edition