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President Ravindran in Ontario
ASM president Ravi Ravindran, FASM, visited the Ontario
Chapter on April 2. From left: Francesco D’Elia, Diana Fac-
chini, Brick Kung, Paul Okrutny (chapter vice chair), ASM
president Ravindran, Abdallah Elsayed, Anthony Lombardi,
and Eric Ambros. D’Elia, Elsayed, and Lombardi are Univer-
sity of Toronto MAdvantage Chapter members and secre-
taries of the ASM100th Canada Fundraising Committee. The
participation of youth on the Executive Committee is impres-
sive and includes members Facchini, Kung, and Ambros.
Southern CT Honors Professor
and Funds Foundation
Christine C. Broadbridge, professor and chairperson of
physics at Southern Connecticut State University, was
named Connecticut Materials &Manufacturing Professional
of the Year. The award was presented in April during the
Chapter’s Materials and Manufacturing Week. The event
was co-sponsored by the New Haven Manufacturers Associ-
ation (NHMA). Broadbridge was honored for multiple con-
tributions to STEM education and for unique collaborations
with area manufacturing.
The Chapter also announced their donation of $5000 seed
money to the NHMA Workforce Enhancement Education
Foundation dedicated to growing skilled workers for Con-
necticut’s manufacturing industry. The check was presented
in New Haven at an April 24 dinner during the Connecticut
Materials and Manufacturing Week.
Fort Wayne Hosts Trustee Liu
ASM Trustee Dr. Zi-Kui Liu visited the ASM Fort Wayne
Chapter at their April 16 dinner meeting held at Wu’s Fine
Chinese Cuisine. Liu (center) holds a gift from the Fort
Wayne Chapter, which is a ceramic bowl made by a local
artist. He is flanked by Chapter Committee Board members
(left to right): Webber Darryl, Barry Dupen, Austin Lucas,
Adam Griebel, Song Cai, and David Snider.
Hartford Honors Christy
At a special meeting
on May 1, the ASM
Hartford Chapter rec-
ognized Dr. Sam
Christy for his splen-
did service as chair-
man of the chapter
during the years 2007-
2014. Christy, who
works for Pratt &
Whitney, recently ac-
cepted a three-year as-
signment in Izmir on a joint venture between his company and
Turkey. Past Chapter chairmen gathered for the presentation
of a plaque to Christy. Shown from the left, are Jack Woodilla
(1978-79), incoming chairman Rainer Hebert (2014-15), Sam
Christy, Arnie Grot (2001-02, 2003-06) and Harley Graime
(2001-02).
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In Memoriam
IN MEMORIAM
Bal Raj Nijhawan, FASM,
of Sun City
Center, Fla., and formerly of Kokomo, Ind.,
passed away on April 6 at age 98. He was the
first Indian Director of the CSIR-National
Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) in Jamshed-
pur, India, an internationally acclaimed insti-
tute. He left in 1966, to become the Senior
Inter-Regional Advisor (Metallurgical Indus-
tries) with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development
Organization), based in Vienna, Austria. In 1986, he retired
from the United Nations and moved to the U.S. Nijhawan was
renowned for his work in ferrous metallurgy with contributions
to armor plate technology, nickel-free austenitic stainless steel,
grain size control, low-shaft iron and steelmaking, and sponge-
iron techniques in steelmaking. During his tenure in the United
Nations, he led development of 25 Centers of Metallurgical
Technology in many developing countries.
Nijhawan received his bachelor’s degree in metallurgy from
Banaras Hindu University in India in 1936 and Ph.D. from the
University of Sheffield, UK, in 1941. He held 55 patents, au-
thored nearly 500 technical publications, and edited two books.
He was honored with the Padma Shri (1958) presented by the
President of India and the Bhatnagar Award (1964). He received
gold medals and other citations from the Japanese Iron And
Steel Institute and governments of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and
Yugoslavia. Nijhawan served as the President of Indian Insti-
tute of Metals and Institute of Indian Foundrymen.
Word has been received at ASMHeadquarters of the death of Life
Member
T.J. Bodner
of Plymouth, Mich. (Detroit Chapter).
Chapter
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ASM Southern CT chapter’s
Christine Broadbridge (center) is
congratulated by Bob Klancko
(left) and Harold Brody.
Jim Steele, Chapter chair
(left), presents a $5000
check to Bill Neale, NHMA
president.