Distinguished service to PM winners

Animesh Bose, FAPMI, president, Materials Processing, Inc., Haltom City, Texas  

David R. Connelly, chief executive officer, Precision Powdered Metal Parts, Inc., Pomona, California  

John J. DiCicco, president, Major Powdered Metal Technologies, Inc., Livonia, Michigan  

Ian Donaldson, director, R&D N.A. & materials engineering, GKN Sinter Metals, Jefferson, Massachusetts  

Chaman Lall, vice president, technology & applications development, Metal Powder Products Company, Westfield, Indiana  

Louis W. Lherbier, director, technical market development, Carpenter Powder Products Inc., Bridgeville, Pennsylvania  

Timothy J. McCabe, manager, technology development, Kinetics Climax, Inc., A Division of Freeport-McMoRan Company, Wilsonville, Oregon  

Patrick J. McGeehan, vice president and general manager, Specialty Metal Products, Ametek, Inc., Eighty Four, Pennsylvania  

Bernard North, vice president, product engineering, Kennametal, Inc., Latrobe, Pennsylvania  

Michael L. Rector, PMTII, vice president, Western Sintering Co., Inc., Richland, Washington  

Candido Ruas, consumables marketing manager, Rio Tinto Metal Powders (QMP), Sorel, Quebec, Canada  

David L. Schaefer, senior vice president, global sales, Cloyes Gear & Products, Inc., Rochester Hills, Michigan  

Established in 1968, the award recognizes North American individuals who have worked a minimum of 25 years in the PM industry and whose long-term contributions and achievements deserve special recognition.