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Board Nominees Announced
Frazier for VP; Clauser for Treasurer; Cerreta, Deacon, and Seal for Trustees
In This Issue
The ASM Nominating Committee, chaired by Robert J.
Fulton, FASM, announced the nominees for ASM vice
president and trustee for 2015-16 and three members
of the Board of Trustees for 2015-18.
In accordance with the ASM Constitution, these nomi-
nees will be voted on at the ASMAnnual Business Meeting on
October 5, during MS&T15 in Columbus, Ohio. Once elected,
the vice president will automatically become ASM president
for 2016-17. In accordance with Article IV, Section 3 of the
ASM Constitution, the ASM Board of Trustees has also an-
nounced its nominee for ASM Treasurer for 2015-2016.
Officers and members of the Board who will continue
serving in 2015-2016 include: Mr. Jon D. Tirpak, FASM, who
will become president in October; Dr. Sunniva R. Collins,
FASM, who will serve as immediate past president; and
trustees Jacqueline M. Earle, John Keough, FASM, Dr. Zi-Kui
Liu, FASM, Dr. Kathryn Dannemann, Dr. Tirumalai Sudar-
shan, FASM, and Dr. David B. Williams, FASM.
Retiring from the Board at this year’s Annual Business
Meeting will be immediate past president, Prof. C. Ravi
Ravindran, FASM, and trustees Dr. Iver Anderson, FASM,
Mitchell Dorfman, FASM, and Dr. James C. Foley, FASM.
About the President-Elect
and Board Nominees
Jon D. Tirpak, P.E., FASM
President-Elect
Since studying metallurgical
engineering at Lafayette College,
ASM International has supported
Jon Tirpak, FASM, throughout his
entire career. After being commis-
sioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Air
Force, he landed at the Materials
Laboratory in the Birthplace of
Aviation, Dayton, Ohio. In 1982,
attendance at his first ASM Dayton
Chapter meeting launched his professional association with
the organization. Between assignments at Wright Patter-
son AFB and special projects in Washington, Tirpak earned
a master’s degree in materials engineering at the Univer-
sity of Dayton. Captain Tirpak was assigned to the Ballis-
tic Missile Office at Norton AFB in Southern California. He
was tasked with integrating the Air Force’s nuclear testing
requirements, which exposed him to the Defense Nuclear
Agency, Department of Energy, and the Nevada Test Site.
Tirpak attended several Westec and Aluminum Lithium con-
ferences, and through associations at one of those events,
was invited to help found AeroMat with many other dedi-
cated ASMers.
Departing the Air Force in 1988, he returned to Dayton
as a contractor with the Air Force Materials Laboratory and
Manufacturing Technology Directorate. The Dayton Chap-
ter welcomed him back with plenty of leadership opportu-
nities, including an invitation to Washington to participate
in the Federal Affairs Committee of ASM, introducing him to
the national operations of the Society. After a brief stint in
Ann Arbor, Mich., with a fluid power company, Tirpakmoved
to Charleston, S.C., at the request of SCRA Applied R&D, a
technological and economic engine for the Palmetto State.
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ASM’s 2015 Nominating Committee, left to right:
Anthony Petric, FASM, Marissa Reigel, John Marcin, FASM,
Susan Hartfield-Wunsch, Prabir Chaudhury, John Hayden,
Michael O’Brien, Beth Armstrong, Robert Fulton, FASM (Chair),
Maria Winnicka, and Richard Blackwell, FASM (2014 Chair).