American Society for Quality Control

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Volume 20 Spring 1989

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lnspection Division Council

Ghairman Trca¡urcr Yice Ghalman 0l Reglonal Gounælon l{erslotter Edltor ilDT commnec GlnirmanDr. G.t. (Ghuck) Gader, Jr., P.E. Bruce Joìnson Ron lloilhcutt Íwin lynch nãr sãéic.L. cartef, Jr. & Associates, lnc. Microwave Development Labs. westinghouse Electric corp. 12g46 Fbrk Rd. 20æ East califomia Ave.434 Banc Texas 6rdg./P.0. Box 5(n1 7 Swanson Rd. P.0. Bõr 746/MSV 3ít Fofk, MD 21051 st. paut, MN 55119Richardson, TX 75080 Framingham, MA 01701 eat¡nìgre, ¡,tD 21203 (SOti sgZ-Ss¡B - H 6tz:¡ fi6¡mn(2141 2U-329rì -W (617) 449-0700 - W (301) 765{749 _ W

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Regional Councilors

Region 1

David G. 0uarell.Eælern Microwave Corp.35 Hallenan Ave.Lawerance, MA 01841(617) 6824661 - W

Region 2Frank AielloNiagara Mohawk Power535 Washington St.Buffalo, NY 14203(716) 856-2424, Ext. 4'2 - W

Region 3Hesan Jafr¡9 New St.Ramsey, NJ 07,146(201) 818-0207

Region 4iloman G. UollickMohawk College¡161 Barton Street EastStoney Creek, 0NCanada, L8J 3Y4(416) 662-3700, Ext. 5018 - W

Region 5Gharles leæhWestinghouse Electric Corp.P.0. Box 746 MS 5551Baltimore, MD 212G](301) 9S3{564 - W

Region 6Hans J. ProslouerRandtron Systems150 Consütution Dr.Menlo Park, CA 94025(415) 32È9500 - W

Reglon 7Grcgg StoneSonnet Supply1651 Shaw PlaceClaremont, CA 91711(213) 973-2922-W

Beg¡on IHumbeilo Peddschi2212 CrehoreLoraine, 0H ,14052

(216) 98&9411 - W

Region IJact GainesLeland Electro Systems740 E. National Rd.Vandalia, 0H 4532(513) 898-5881 - W

Begion 10Ralph ìlathenyWeil McLain DivisionBlain StreetMichigan City, lN 46360(219) 879-6561 - W

Region 11Dennis ThaclerSquare D CorporationP.0. Box g250

Columbia, SC ææ0(803) Z6-7500 - w

Region 12Geoqe Alulal

Charales E. Laßon, lnc.

1801 Courtland Aræ.

Park Ridge, lL 60068(312)m-Snl-w(312) 823S923-H

Region 13Boyd EldddgeAdolph Coors17755 W. 32nd Ave.Golden, C0 80401(303) 2Z-3901 - W

Re¡lon 14Joe Dmning13,10 S.W. JenningsBartlesville, 0K 74{X)3(918) 336{878 - H

Region 15Gad GleenMcDonnell Douglæ Corp.Technical Seryice Co.P.0. Box 21233Kennedy Sp. Ctr., FL 32815(305) 26&7617 - W

Region 25fevin lynchManagement Consultant12846 Fork Rd.

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Dr. C. L. Carter, Jr., Chairmanlnspection Division, ASQC

This is The 20th Anniversary Editionof the lnspection Division and we will allbe looking forward to wishing each other"Happy Anniversary" at the AQC inToronto, Canada during the openingceremonies on May 7 and throughoutthe conference on May 8-10, 1989. Sojoin usl Plan to attend anó have a greattimel I look forward to seeing you all inToronto. I'll arrive on the 6th and we willbe holding our l.D, Officer CouncilMeeting on Sunday May 7th. Please feelfree to stop by to visit during the daylOur agenda will be full but we will taketime to meet and greet youl Our "Pro-gram Chairman," Frank Cullen has puttogether a great presentation for the ln-spection Division again this year. Wehope to get the 20th Anniversary Editionto you before the Toronto Conferenceand we will have extra copies there tohandout at The l.D. Booth which isscheduled to be close to the registrationarea so be sure to look for your officersat the booth during the entireconference.

The updated LD, Matrix as of 3/10/89is enclosed along with our updatedOrganization Chart. Please note and joinwith me in Congratulating our immediatePast Chairman, Bill Sherman, who hasjoined Hilti, lnc. of Tulsa as CorporateDirector of Q.A. with worldwide respon-sibility for Quality! Congratulations, Bill!

I am pleased to tell you that this yearwe have had the greatest number oflnspector Of The Year submissions. I

thank everyone of you who had takenthe time and effort to work up your can-didatel The judges will have a toughtime selecting a winner.

We all need to be deeply involved inNational Quality Month and to supportall of the activities in October, 1989. A30 minute edited version of the 1988Videotape of the Program is nowavailable from ASQC Headquarters.

We all need to push our CertifiedMechanical lnspector Program andkeep it out there in front of our peopleto help them move up to bigger and bet-ter status in their world of workl The nextCMI Exam is on October 21st, 1989. Youmust have registered by August 25th totake the exam. Make yourself ready totaks the CMI Examl

I had the privilege of representing thelnspection Division on February 16 & 1Z1989 in Nashville, Tennessee at the FirstAnnual Quality Management Con-ference as Moderator of one session.There were 400 people in attendanceand it was an outstanding two daymanagement conference. I againrepresented the lnspection Division onFebruary 20 & 21st in Short Hills, NewJersêy at the First ASQC/FDA SupplierCertification Conference as a GuestSpeaker. This was also an excellent con-ference with 182 in attendance.

On February 16th, I met with theAuditing Technical Committee represen-tative in Nashville. They have decidedto either stay as a Technical Committeeor move towards Division Status. I havenoted this on our LD. Matrix and we willconsider the item closed.

My philosophy is and always hasbeen "Quality Starts With QualityPeople" and we must always be think-ing of ways and means to improve thestatus of the members of the lnspectionDivision, all of whom are "Very lmpor-tant Quality People." As many of youknow I have documented "The GrowthSteps for Quality People" and for thosein other professional societies and

associations. Our steps start with:membership in ASQC...lst i6r¡e Clr¡t;Certified Auditor; CQX CRE; CQE; P.E.

is the top of the line,

Mel Sater, our NDT Committee Chair-man has been doing a great job of in-terfacing with ASNT and carrying theball on getting the NDT handbookworked out. Keep up the good work,Mel!

I sure would like to see more activityand input f rom our RegionalCounselorsl Hey out there.., Let's hearfrom youl I asked for a report eachmonth and have yet to receive one! Thatrequest was also made of each officerand I'm still waiting...l m trying veryhard to communicate as per Task 1 & 2

on the l.D. Matrix. Help Me!

ln February I wrote a letter to the GTC

Chairman formally requesting to haveour l.D. Honors Medal presented with allothers at each AQC. Perhaps we can getthis started next year.

Recently, we learned that our Vice-chairman of Development, Dean Weir isundergoing his second week ofchemotherapy treatment for cancer.Please join all of us in prayer for Dean'sspeedy recovery.

That's about it for now Happy An-niversaryl See you all in Toronto on MayZ 8, I & 10, 1989, Have a Safe Trip!

Chuck Carter, Chairman

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Chalrman - Dr, C.L. Carter, JrP.O. Box 5001

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o Amerlcan Soclelylor Quallty Controllnspecllon DlvlslonNewsletter

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American Society for Quality Controllnspection Division

Historical Background

The present lnspection Division hadits origin in the dreams of one R.

Calvert Haws, a Los Angeles Sectionenglneerlng consultant operatlngunder the name Quality ControlEngineers, lnc.

The Division actually evolved fromthe lnspectlon Technical Committee.Available records lndicate that thisCommlttee came into belng in the1959-1960 era wlth Stanley Sherwoodas the first Committee Chairman. Mr.Shenalood, at that time, was a qualityassurance engineer wlth the Truck andCoach Dlvision of General Motors andwas a member of the Greater DetroltSectlon of ASQG.

No records are available for anymeetings or other lnspectionCommittee activlties durlng this timeperiod. The 1960-1961 Annual Reportof the Society states, "The lnspectlonTechnical Committee has notestablished itself as yet ln a mannerwhlch will allow it to function as aservice commlttee. However, it hasassisted ln the Annual Conventionprogramming and there are grass rootsactlvity of major proportions ln the LosAngeles Sectlon."

Due to an unusually heavy workloadrelated to his General Motorsassignment, Mr. Shenrood asked to berelleved as Commlttee Chairman.

Mr. J. Y. McOlure, ASQC president,suggested the new Chairman beappointed from the Los AngelesSection because of the keen interest ininspection activities promoted by thatSection. Consequently, Mr. Calvert

Haws agreed to accept the Committeechairmanship for 1961 -1962.

As he studied the structure ofASQC, Mr. Haws could not reconcilehimself with the phenomenon of anupside down pyramid trying to balanceitself on a relatively few top brass inthe manufacturlng and processinglndustries whose existence wasdependent on decisions derlved fromtheir all - powerf ul statisical procedureswhich were based on data provided bythe inspectors who went totallyunrecognized as crltical to a conectoutcome of their findings.

Such recognition and propertraining of the inspector wasconsidered by Mr. Haws as not onlyvital to a successful industry but ofnumerous benefits to the Society, notthe least of them being a much broaderbase for lncreasing membershlp. True,It might dimlnish its identificailon asan astute and scholarly body cateringto college and university graduates,yet, when you get down to the baslccause for exlstence if quality controlreally depended for all of lts sourcedata on a disorganized and uninformedhodge-podge of "every man doingwhat seemed right in his own eyes"-only chaos could result. Hlsphilosophy was : There must be a wayto identify the lnspector wlth totalquality control.

Considerable correspondence andpersonal memories of living membersindicate that Mr. Haws was bucking awell entrenched establishment. Therewas vislble conflict of objectives

between the leadershlp and the radlcalproposals of Chairman Haws.However, under his expert andenthusiastlc leadershlp, theCommittee rapldly became afunctional servlce group wlthln theSoclety. The obJectlves of theCommittee were deflned:1. To offer a technlcal servlce to thevarlous areas of the Soclety byproviding guldance, techniques andprograms as they relate to technologyof measurement and inspectìon.2. To serve ASQC members interestedln measurement and lnspectlon byhelping them lncrease in professlonalstatus and stature. These obJectlveswere to be accompllshed as follows:(a) By studylng the moderndevelopments ln order to better plan,collect, anal¡ae and interpret qualltymeasurements.(b) By keeplng abreast of the newenglneering development of testequipment for obtalnlng qualltymeasurements.

(c) By stimulatlng professlonal growthof all those lnterested ln measurementand inspection through an eduôationalprogram that will conslder the modernconcepts and tools of measurementand lnspectlon together with themanagement of the lnspectionfunction.

The procedure advocated by Mr.Haws was the organizatlon of aninspection workshop in every sectlon.He recognized the importance of theinspector within the quallty control

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operation and energetically promotedthe need to recognize the inspector tothe Society offlcers at a natlonal level.

Somewhere during this time period he

managed to get clearance for the

acceptance of this technicalcommittee within the SocietY to be

known as the lnspection Engineeringand Management TechnicalCommittee.

Mr. Haws sent a serles of letters tothe individual Sections promoting theworkshop theory, using the success ofthe Los Angeles Section lnspectionWorkshop as an example. Durlng the1960-61 season, 225 new ASQCmembers were obtained bY the LosAngeles Section of which more thanhalf were provided by the inspectionworkshop.

Response from the Society officerswas prompt and most favorable. Mr.

Gayle McElrath, ASQC vice president,provided solid support to theCommlttee. Mr. McElrath presented apaper entitled "The lnspection Area,"dated May, 1962, in which hesupported the theory that theinspection function has a place withinthe perimeters of ASQC.

Mr. Jack Lancaster, chainnan of the

Los Angeles Section ProPosed thatinspectors constituted the largestnumber of people contributing to theoverall quality control effort, andtherefore should be given recognition.He noted several ideas on objectives'goals, and actlvities and was the firstto suggest the Commlttee be calledslmply "The lnspection Committee"'

Documentation concerning theactivitles of the Committee for theyears 1962 through 1965 is almost non'existent. However, much has beengleaned through John Louer whohandled most of the correspondenceduring that era. ln addition, the national

office in Milwaukee researched theirfiles and foruarded coPies of all

inf ormation Pertalning to thelnspection Committee during that time

period. This inoluded the Committeereports presented by Mr. Haws whichwere included in the Annual Reports ofthe Society.

The 1962-63 report showedinspection workshop activity in thePhiladelphia and AlbuquerqueSections as well as in the Los AngelesSection. Active Committee memberslisted were:

Harry D. Greiner - RCA (PhiladelphiaSection), L. E. Snodgrass and E. S.

Roth Sandia Corp. (AlbuquerqueSection). The Committee was assistedby underwriting grants of $2,000 eachfrom the Aircraft and Missiles Divisionand the Electronics Division.

The Committee began activeparticipation in Annual TechnicalConferences by providing inspectionoriented sessions. lnterest wasimmediately noticed as the inspectionsessions were among the bestattended. Recognition and enthusiasmwas generated. The Committee wasnow on its way.

To illustrate the foresight of CalvinHaws, the following quote is excerptedfrom his 1962-63 report to the Society:"lt is still the desire of the Committeeto have a national lnspection Divisionof ASQC."

Formal approval for a Permanentcommittee to be known as thelnspection Engineering andManagement Technical Committeewas adopted by the ASQC ExecutiveCommittee September 18, 1964.

lnterest in the Committee andCommittee activities expanded rapidlyln the next few years. The 1964-65Annual Report shows a full Committeeof ten members under the guidance ofChairman Haws. Members were: T. S.

Jones - Vice Chairman, E. S. Roth-Secretary, H. M. Cook, Jr., J. J.

Fitzsimmons, W. J. Gulledge, W. B.

Morgan, W. Opperman, Jr., R. J.Paulsen, R. W. Spang and R. J.

Williams. Regional chairmen wereappointed. lnspection workshops and

committees were established withinSections from almost every region.

Vigorous as he was, Mr. Haws waswell along in years. lll health virtuallysidetracked his personal ef f ort.However, even with this handicaP, he

organized a sort of chain campaign tokeep the Committee progressing. Hisplan was to have every Section in theSociety have at least one meetingduring the year with emPhasis oninspection. He outlined what he

wanted sent out. John Louer workedwith the Regional Committee men,handling the correspondence, passingout the information as to what wasrequired, then following theassignments through until a completereport was returned telling the degreeof success or failures.

The Los Angeles area continued tobe the focal po¡nt for lnsPectionactivity. Week-end seminars orientedto inspection education and trainingwere attended by hu ndreds.Philadelphia picked up the idea andheld several major conferences, ThenChicago, Albuquerque and NewOrleans followed.

Names familiar to presentlnspection Division members began toshow up as active Committeemembers - Hardy Cook, Art Gurry, TomDimuro, Howard Kahn, John Louer,Chuck Hutcherson became ViceChairman. Harry Lessig acceptedresponsibillty as Area Chairmancovering Section actlvity in lllinois,Wisconsin, and Louisiana

Durlng thls f lurry of actlvltyChalrman Haws was stricken with asevere heart attack and was unable tocontinue to head up the Committee.

Mr. C. H. (Chuck) Hutcherson ofNorth American's Autonetlcs Divisiontook over as Committee Chairman inSeptember, 1966. Mr. Haws continuedon the Committee in an advisory andconsultant capacity until his untimelydeath.

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Chuck Hutcherson continued thedrive for Division status with vigor andenthusiasm. Heavy emphasis wasplaced on educational programs toelevate the status of the inspector.

The Committee was organized in amanner to represent all geographicalareas. Speaker lists for promotlon ofthe inspection functlon wereformulated and distributed. lnspectionworkshops and lnspection Committeesessions were presented at the AnnualTechnical Conferences. lnterest in theinspection function was evidenced bythe attendance at these inspectionsessions whlch required the largestrooms available in order toaccommodate the attendees.Groundwork was laid with the GeneralTechnical Council for attainingDivlsion status.

Committee meetings were plannedtwice a year. One meeting was to beheld during the Annual TechnlcalConference and a mid-year meeting lnSeptember or October. At the May,1967, meeting held in Chlcago, Mr.Harry Lessig was elected ViceChairman. Tom Dimuro was elected asSecretary. Añ Curry was appointedChairman of the long-range and shorl-range planning and Hardy Cook wasassigned to head up the Committeeresponsible for developing lists ofspeakers, displays, films, etc., whichcould be used by Sections or train¡ngconferences.

Early in 1968, Mr. Hutchersonreported that due to heavy work loadpressures he could no longer devotethe necessary time and attention toproperly conduct the affairs of theCommittee. Mr. Harry Lessig becamethe Committee Chairman with ArtCurry as Vice Chairman.

Mr. Lessig was by no means new toambitions and goals of the committee,having been deeply involved in allfacets of the organization. First, he hadserved as Committee member, thenArea Chairman and he had served as

Vice Chairman to Mr. Hutcherson.Harry soon exhibited the dynamicleadership that was to eventually carryhim on to the Presidency of the entireSociety,

On September 26, 1968, a meeilngon the Committee was called for 10:00A.M. in the Red Carpet Room of UnitedAlr Lines at O'Hare, Chicago. Slx madeIt - Ted Clinger, Art Curry, Harry Lessig,John Louer, Bob McNeff and G. LWyckoff. The business before thehouse was the final steps needed tobecome a Divislon. Lessig had beenthrough the preliminary negotiatlonswith the General Technical Counclland had at least good reason to believethat if we completed our part theywould go through with theirs.Temporary officers were selected toprovide guidance and organlzation toaccomplish the necessaryprerequlsites for formal submission tothe G.T.C.

Harry Lessig was selected asChalrman, Art Curry as Chairman-Elect. Ted Clinger agreed to serve asSecretary. John Louer was elected toserye as Treasurer of an operation wlthmany potential expenses and noforeseeable income for at least a yearor longer. G. L. Wyckoff accepted theNewsletter. Bob McNeff agreed towork up a speakers list. This group wasunanlmous in selecting Hardy Cook towork up a set of lnspection Divlsionbylaws in conformance with theSociety constitution and modeldivision bylaws. Hardy was contactedand agreed to accept the assginment.

One of the specifics of the Socletywas a petition signed by votingmembers of the Society asking for theformation of a Division. Minimumrequirements were for S0 or 100signatures f rom various Sections.Signature sheets were prepared byLessig and the Committee fanned outto round up names. We got ihem - lotsof them. ln fact, we were swampedwith them beyond our wildest

lmaginations. Then came the omlnousannouncement. Each name had to beverlfied against legat membershlp lists.Here were many sheets of handwrlttennames, many of them very difflcult todecipher. Again the sheets weredivided among the few worklngmembers. Armed with a Societydirectory, we started matchlng thesignatures with typewrltten or legiblyhand.prlnted names opposlte thesignature. Long hours of near totalfrustration were requlred to finlsh theJob but within a week all peiltions wereback and ready to submit. The nameswe submitted were many times thenecessary requirement.

Divislon bylaws were submlttecl byHardy Cook for approval. All necessarydetails were worked out wlth theGeneral Technical Council by Lessig.

On November 15, 1968, the charterwas signed by ASQC Presldent T. C.McDermott, and Executive SecretaryD. B. Tallon for the Society, and byChairman Lesslg and Secretary Cllngerfor the Divlsion. The lnspecilonDivision of the American Society forQuallty Control was now a reality. Thevisions of Calvin Haws, the aspiratlonsof Chuck Hutcherson and the drlve ofHarry Lessig had flnally achleved fuilrecognition of the importance of theinspection functlon wlthin the totalquallty structure.

The continuing success story is toldin the history of our Divlsion Chairmanover the years. Each one brought hlsown unique talents to the office ofChairman and promoted the objectlvesof the lnspection Divlsion ln acontinuing effort to reach our goals.Each Chairman had a team ofdedicated members who performedthe real leg work that keeps a Divlsiongrowing, keeps it alive and brings newideas into our organization. The varletyof background experiences of thoseChairmen is a true indication of thediversity of our lnspection Profession.

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1968-1970 GhairmanHarry J. Lcssig

t)1970-1971 ChairmanHardy Cook

Harry J. Lesslg began hls work withStatistical Quallty Control ln 194Í!whlle wlth the Navy Bureau ofOrdnance and, slnce then, haslnstalled statistlcal quallty controlsystems in a wlde varlety ofmanufacturlng organlzatlons. Hlsexperience lncludes over 30 years wlththe War, Navy, and Def enseDepartments, the Elgln Natlonal WatchCompany, the Westclox Divlsion ofGeneral Tlme Corporatlon, the HobbsDlvlsion of Stewart-WarnerCorporatlon, and currently ls aconsultant ln the field of quallty andrellablllty.

He has been an actlve speaker atSectlon meetlngs, Semlnars, andConferences throughout the country,as well as a lecturer for ETI and ls theauthor of over 40 papers on a wldevarlety of Quality subJects. For sevcralyears he taught Statlstlcal QualltyControl ln government, prlvatelndustry, and at the college level.

Hardy M. Cook, Jr. has a B.S. inAdministrative Mechanical Engineeringfrom Cornell Univerity.

From 1946 to midl981 he wasemployed at the Baltimore Works of theWestern Electric Company withassignments in Raw Material Engineer-ing, Manufacturing Engineering, QualityEngineering and Quality Supervision.For almost 20 years he was head of theQuality Assurance Department.

Since his retirement and for 20 yearsprior to that time, Mr. Cook has beenteaching Quality Control and Stat¡st¡cs.Some of the colleges that he has beenor is presently teaching at are JohnsHopkins University, Loyola College,Catonsville Community College and theUniversity of Baltimore. Add¡tionally hehas been teaching Statistics courses at

A reglstered Professlonal Englneer,Harry was one of the foundlngmembers of the Soclety's AwardsBoard and was the foundlng Chalrmanof the lnspectlon Divlslon. A Fellow ofASQC, Certlfled Quallty Englneer, andCertlfled Rellablllty Englneer, heserved the Soclety for two years asVlce Presldent of Divlslons andTechnlcal Commlttees, Presldent,Chalrman of lts Board of Dlrectors, andls cunently serving on the Board, theFlnance Commlttee, and as Chalrmanof the Professlonal Ethlcs andQuallf lcatlons Commlttee.

He is a member of the AmerlcanStatlstical Assoclatlon and the Socletyof Automotlve Englneers and ls llstedln EJG's Englneers of Dlstlnctlon, andWho's Who ln the Midwest.

Harry ls now enJoylng retlrement. Heclaims that retirement ls the bestlnventlon ever and hlghly recommendsIt. Hls phllosophy ls slmple, "be actlvebut don't do anythlng that isn't fun."

the Westinghouse Defense ElectronicsCenter. Mr. Cook is a contributing authorto the 3rd Edition of Juran's Quality Con-trol Handbook and to the Handbook ofModern Manufacturing Management.

Long active in the American Societyfor Quality Control, he has served aschairman of the Baltimore Section,chairman of the lnspection Division, andheld several administrative positions onthe Society's General Technical Coun-cil. He served 4 years on the Board ofDirectors as Director-at-Large and hasserved two terms as ASQC Treasurer.He is a Fellow Member of the Society,has been certified as a Quality Engineerand was four times the recipient of theASQC Testimonial Award. Mr. Gook wasthe 1987 recipient of the Harry J. LessigAward.

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(NOTE: Reprinted from 15th. Anniversary Newsletter)

Born and ralsed ln Stlllwater,Oklahoma. Attended Oklahoma StateUnlverslty, Oklahoma Unlverslty andrecelved a BA Degre€ in BuslnessManagement & Quallty Assurancefrom Laverne Unlverslty, Laverne,Callfornla Has been employed wlthWestern Electrlc Company since 1959.Prlor to belng transferred toVandenberg AFB, Callfornla ln 1964, hetraveled throughout the Unlted Stateson the Tltan 1 Mlsslle ProJect as aQuallty Control lnspector. At thecompletlon of the Tltan I Project, wastransfened to Vandenberg AFB wherehe ls responslble for the QualltyControl Program.

ls a Senlor Member of CallfornlaGentral Coast Sectlon 601, CertifledQuallty Englneer, lnspectlon DlvlslonGharter Member.

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1971-1972 GhairmanGil Wyckoff

1972-1973 ChairmanFred Venn

My 1971-72 yær as Chairman wassomewhat of a year of futureChairmen: Fred Venn was Chairman-Elect; Jim Harrington was Treasurer;Kevln Lynch was Newsletter Editor;Tilson Lacy was Councilor for Region15; and Tony Manzi was Councllor forRegion 1.

My clearest memories of theDivision activities were the earlyformative months when we were not atall sure there would be a Division,when a handful of people met to gatherresources for the Job of creatinginterest. As far as the things thathappened during 1971-72, I am surethat I've forgotten a great many.

As far as my own story goes, sincethe 1971 -72 era,l was again Chairmanof the Quinsippi Section, and thenmoved to Texas with Motorola, lnc. I

am Manager of Quality Engineering inthe Seguin, Texas, plant of theAutomotive Products Division. We are

a part of the San Antonio Section ofASQC, a Section that had almost dieda few years ago. By efforts of themembers from the Motorola plant, theSection has been revived, and we arecurrently second in the Berg Awardcompetition. I am serving asEducational Chairman for the Sect¡on.

I've also become qulte active ln theToastmasters lnternational actlvltydown here. lt's good training forspeaklng, which I have been dolng atDallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austln,and San Antoniq of course. Thesubject is usually lnspectlon.

Gil is now a Texan by choice, livingin Seguin, Texas. He is at present Man-ager of Quality Audits and Manager ofCustomer Quality Assurance for Moto-rola, lnc., in their Seguin plant. He isactive in the Toastmasters lnterna-tional. He has been a recent speaker atthe "Texas ls Quality" and the "QlE lll"conferences.

Sectlon Offlces held are as follows:Treasurer, Representatlve WesternReglonal Conference, Vlce-Chalrman,Chalrman.

He and hls wlfe, Foncene, presentlyown and oporate F&F RaclngEnterprlses ln Orcutt, Gallfornla, a MÂ/parts store. They have one daughter,Tenl, who ls a freshman at RlghettlHlgh were she ls a majorette. Tenl wascrowned Mlss Central Coast Pre-Teenof the Mlss Contlnental BeautyPageant last year.

He ls Chalrman of the Deacons,Sunday School Supt., and he & hlswlfe are ln charge of the JunlorAstronaut Program at Plne GroveBaptlst Church ln Orcutt, Callfornla

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1974-1975 ChairmanTilson G. Lacy

Dr. H. James Harrington is presidentof Harrington, Hurd & Riekel a con-sulting corporation consisting of two divi-sions: Harrington, Hurd & SquiresGroup and Rieker ManagementSystems. He serves as Vice Chairmanof the Board of World Enterprises Ltd.,and lndus Systems (P) Ltd., an elec-tronic manufacturing corporationlocated in Wardha, lndia. He is also aprofessor at Columbia Pacific University.

He was a senior engineer and projectmanager in Quality Assurance at IBMCorporation, and worked for IBM for40 Years.

He is currently Vice President of theprestigious lnternational Academy forQuality and is a past Chairman of theBoard of Directors and past President ofthe American Society for QualityControl.

Dr. Harrington's contributions to quali-ty around the world have brought himmany honors. He has been namedlifetime Honorary President of the Asia-

Tilson G, Lacy attended the Univer-sity of Tampa where he attained aBachelor of Science Degree.

His professional experience is in thequality control qnd electronics field since1957, through employment at Under-wood Corporation in Hartford, Connec-ticut, Control Data Corporation in Mary-land and currently at Honeywell, lnc.,Aerospace Division in St, Petersburg,Florida, where he has been responsiblein various management functions and ispresently Quality Manager for the MarsObserver Program,

Pacific Quality Control Organization andHonorary Director of the AssociationChilena de Control de Calidad. He hasreceived many awards, among them thelnspection Division Gold Medal Award.He was also elected an honorarymember of the Quality societies inTaiwan, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia,and Singapore. He was appointed thehonorary advisor to the China QualityControl Association. The prestigiousHarrington-lshikawa Quality Award wasnamed after Dr. Harrington and Dr.

Kaoru lshikawa in recognition of theirmany contributions to the advancementof quality in the Asia-Pacific area.

Dr. Harrington has authored twobooks published in 1987: Poor-QualityCost, and The lmprovement Process,one of the year's best-selling businessbooks. A third book, Excellence - TheIBM Way, was published in the spring of1988, and a fourth book, Ihe Quality/Pro-fit Connection, was published in early1989.

He has been actively affiliated with theLocal School Board, IEEE and ASQCand has served through the offices inthe "Suncoast" Section of ASQC. He isalso past Chairman of ASQC's lnspec-tion Division, ASQC Sponsor Represen-tative and Secretary-Controller to theJoint Engineering Management Con-ference Sponsor's Committee and GTCDeputy Chairman.

He is currently Auditor of our Divisionand continues to support our variousprograms.

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A Well-Earned Salute

to our

Charter Members

by

H. J. Lessig

Ahlgrlmm, James J.Althelseç Larry K.

Anderson, Wllllam H.Andrus, Walter H., Jr.Antenucci, John E.

Arndt, Kenneth D.

It is always a great pleasure andsatisfaction to make new friends. lnthis way each of us grows as anindividual and, qulte lmportantly, thatls how the lnspection Division hasgrown from lts small beginning to itsposition of eminence as the largestDivision by far in the American Socletyfor Quallty Control. lt has taken a lot offine people to accompllsh this and weare all extremely proud of what hasbeen accomplished.

Surely, equally as pleasant as it is tomake new friends, and in some wayseven more important, is to stopperiodically and count the old friendswho have been with us during goodtimes and bad - the trled and truefriends whose loyal support hascontributed immeasurably to theDivision's accomplishments andsuccess over the years.

ln the early days of the United StatesNavy and wooden ships, it wasstandard practice to assign theOfficers and Crew to a new shlpimmediately prior to the laying of thekeel, and they lived wlth the buildingand commisslonlng of the ship in orderthat they would have lntlmateknowledge of all aspects of the shlpthey were to man. As a result of thisearly association they developed an

almost possessive love of their shlpand a sort of prlde of ownershlp.Consequently, they were known as"Plank Owners" of the vessel. Eventoday, there s€ems to be much torecommend the concept.

It ls not lntended to detract one iotafrom the demonstrated enthuslasm,eagerness and loyalty of all membersof the lnspectlon Dlvlsion, whether oldor new; however, there seems to bejustlficatlon for speclal recognition ofthese lnspectlon Divlslon "PlankOwners. "

This is the 20th Anniversary issue ofthe lnspection Dlvlsion Newsletter, wehope in some measure to recognlzethese Charter Member " PlankOwners." Almost all of them have keptthe Charter Membershlp Certificatelssued to each of them in 1969 andmany of these certificates are sultablyframed and proudly displayed ln thelrofflces.

With the Good Lord wllllng we hopeto see some of these Charter Membersat thls years Quality Congress. Forthose who have left us and have goneto their flnal reward we ask the GoodLords'blesslngs. A slncere andheartfelt thanks to each and every onefor thelr valuable contributions andguldance, to the lnspection Divislon.

Balnes, Gordon A.Balrd, Ethert T.Balshlkl, SadadBauer, Wllllam H.

Beldlng, Harry J.Benson, Allan B.

Berg, F, RobertBlgony, Donald R.

Bilbruck, Robert M.

Bleler, Stephen J.Bllckle, Robert J.Bohanon, James E.

Bosk, Raymond J.Branda, Louls A.Brlckhouse, Ervln L. z

Broach, Mlrlam C.

Brown, Edgar L.Brown, Edward B.

Brown, Raymond A.Bufflngton, Bobby R.

Bun, John T.Bush, BenJamln P.

Butto, JosephBuzzerlo, Vlctor N.

Campoll, James A.Carlson, Robert H.

Cafiozfâ., Wllllam M.Carter, Charles L., Jr.Castner, Thomas J.Ghang, T. H.Chapel, Theron T.

Chldel, RlchardChrlstman, Menzo A.Clark, James L.Clark, Phillip G.

Collinge, Wllllam K.Collins, Mark C.Cook, Hardy M., Jr.Craycraft, Roger l.

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Creamer, Robert V.Croke, Charles V.

Crutcher, Harold L.

Cullen, Francis J.Cukår, Leonard O.Curry, Arthur D.

Curtlss, Francls W.

Dahlkamp, Allan J.Dalton, H. LeonDamassa, Paschal L.

Darmott, Lee J.Davls, Edward W.Day, Loren L.Dettore, Albert G.Devlne, James E.

Dletz, Galvln E.Donahue, Davld M.DoveG Davld L.Downe, Rlchard B.Downey, James H.Duckworth, LeroyDunn, John Harvey

Edwards, Raymond L.

Ehrenberg, Charles P.

Englehart, Anna C.Euler, John M.

Fasnacht, Joseph T.Flaschettl, R. L.FlEgenell, Rlchard L.FlÞpatrick, James M.Flanagan, DanlelJ.Fortlage, Paul C.Foster, Jack B.Fraser, GordonFreedland, MartinFrerlchs, John S.Frledland, Harvey J.

Gage, Wllllam G.Gamon, Thomas H.Garske, George R.

Gates, Charles R.

Gaw, Charles W.Gelb, Wllllam H.Goodman, Albert A.Gooklns, Elmer F.

Hadnagy, Paul /r.Hall, George S., Jr.Hamachek, Russell D.

Hamllton, Jack L.

Hammac, Aubrey 8., Jr,Hanlngton, H. J.Hauge, Robert E.

Healless, Herbert L.

Henderson, Robert W.Henrlchs, Samuel H.Hensel, D. F.Heske, Theodore, Jr.Hlgh, Harvey T.Hlnesley, John T.Hohlfeldt, Kenneth W.Holland, John J.Holland, JosephHoughton, J. RogerHoy, Robert C.Hudnut, Floyd M.Huske, Rlchard W.Hutter, RussellG.

Gore, Wllliam R.

Graham, John E.

Guest, Harley E.

lreland, Glarence E.

Jakel, Arnold E.

Jefferson, V. DeLoydJohnson, Earl W.Johnson, Lewls P.

Johnson, Michael R.

Jones, Harry L

Keeler, Robert H.Keeney, Robert L.Kelley, Wllllam J.Kelmls, Kyreakos J.Kldwell, Ralph E.Koch, Robert H.Koskl, Nello J.Kosmldes, Petro G.Krauss, Paul R.Kublk, Joseph A.Kubisty, Walter F.KuJaw4 SylvesterKulp, Paul R.

Landau, Jacques H.Larmonth, Donald G.Last, John A.Lawrence, Eugene F.

Lenorovlþ RalphLeoporlere, Ralph D.Lesslg, Harry J.Lodge, Lewis G.Loper, Harold L.Louer, John G.Lowrey, Roy N.Lynch, KevlnLynde, Wanen K.

O'Rellly, Joseph J.Odette, Allen B.OleJnlk, Stanley J.Ollver, Lewis F.04 Roy G.

Parlsh, Bernard G.Peck, Verne R.Perry, Jay C.Peters, Roderlck L.Peterson, Cecll R.Plerce, Franklln S.Plerce, Orestes M.Pllant, Charles A.Plumstead, Wllllam C.Powers, Elmer R..Prlngle, Munay A.

Radway, Donald L.Ransom; Davld H.Rau, John H.Reeves, W. RalphRettenmaler, Marvln J.Rldge, George D.Rlpley, Robert A.Roberts, Rlchard J.Robertson, lsaac 8., Jr.Robinson, Erlc D.Rothfleld, MartlnRoundlng, John W.Ruedl, Roy T.Ryded, Donald J.

Salzman, Vernon S.Saums, Clyde H.Schaut, Edward L.Schrock, Edward M.Schroeder, DanellG.Scott, Caslmer A.Sears, Raymond C.Shelley, JosephShlpman, NormanSllver, BenSlmon, Robert L.Slnger, Hermann F.Smlth, Charles W.Smlth, Francis W.Snyder, Donald C.Sone, Mlguel

Spacinsky, John J.Spanler, Paul P.Spelcher, Donald K.Spencer, Robert E.Sprock, John W.Spurlock, Jack R.St. Clalr, Standly S.St. Plene, Roger E.Stark, Willlam C.Stakey, JessStauder, Joseph R.

Stevens, George W.Sukach, EdwardSwartz, Robert J.Swinson, James S.

Teske, James H.Tew, E. JamesThomas, John H.Thome, Jerome F.Thorp, Edward G.Touslgnant, Louls A.Tumer, Thomas E.

Uhorchak, WalterUnls, Max J.

Vanderzanden, Wllllam R.

Venn, Clayton F.

Walker, Vernon L.Wallace, Raymond L.

Walters, Davld H.Weber, Herman G.West, Wlllard A.Whltacre, Jack E.

Wlersema, Judson H.Wllllams, Robert J.Wrlght, Joseph F.Wyckoff, Gllbert G.Wyllle, Malcolm C.

Yahnian, JosephYoder, Robert J.

Edllor'! Nolo: Thl! lB a com.putcrÞod ll¡tlng and 13 lubjoctlo computcr and hum¡n error¡,W. apologlze tor any croruor oml¡¡lon¡,

Maederer, Gllbert C.Maher, John J.MaJor, James R.

Manzl, A.Martln, Harold LMayfleld, Gayle W.McHugh, DanlelMcMahon, John J.Melchl, Davld M.Mercer, George A.Mlller, George G.Mlller, Raymond O.Mlllwood, EarlA.Mlnk, Robert J.Mlnser, Wllllam H.Mltchell, Robert W.Moberg, Kelth W.Moodle, Robert E.

Mooneyham, Troy L.

Mooro, Wllllam E.

Morgan, Sydner R.

Monls, CllffordMosclnskl, MichaelMoss, SeymourMulllns, Karl D.

Nance, Charles E.

Nanrold, Charles F.Nash, Rlchard J.Natelson, Davld M.Neale, Wllllam E.

Nelson, Curtls C.Newcomer, Robert B.Nonls, C. Wllson

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1975-1976 GhairmanKevin Lynch Retired September 1, 1977, lrom

Westinghouse Electronic Systems Sup-port Division, lntegrated Logistics Sup-port. Kevin has been Senior Engineer inthe Product Assurance Department forthe last 10 years.

He has been active in ASQC for over20 years. During that time he served inseveral elective offices in the BaltimoreSection, including Chairman of the Sec-tion and a member of the Board of Direc-tors. He worked with the ASQC inspec-tion Division as Regional Councilor, asa Vice-Chairman and as Chairman ofthat Division.

Kevin has been in the Quality Controldiscipline since 1942 and is familiar with

the growth and evolvement of qualityengineering as a science over the years.He has been a guest lecturer at LoyolaCollege, Baltimore and at CatonsvilleCommunity College in Maryland. Heplans to stay active in Division affairs.

After retirement Kevin established aconsulting business and remains activein ASQC. He is editor of this Newsletter.He has worked overseas in lreland,Scotland and England as a QualitySystem Consultant. He is a member ofthe Baltimore Section ASQC ExecutiveCommittee.

Kevin is the recipient of the Harry J.Lessig Award for 1988.

1976-1977 ChairmanAlfred E. Weis Al has been a Quality Professional for

27 years. During his tenure as Chair-man, the Division won the J.S. McDer-mond Award for Division Management,Following are some career milestones.

Served four years USAF- 1951-1955.B.S.' lndustrial Management from Pur-due University, 1961. ReliabilityEngineer with Bendix Missile Division,1961-1964. Employed as Quality ControtEngineer at Dodge Manufacturing Cor-poration 1964, and progressed throughvarious management positions to posi-tion of Manager of Quality Assurance in1972. Manager, Quality Assurance andQuality Control at Dalton Foundries,1977. Senior Corporate Quality Consul-tant Clark Equipment Corp. 1978-1980.

Articles on statistics and quality con-trol published in technical magazines.Speaker at local and national ASQCmeetings. Teacher of statistical QualityControl courses. ASQC activities: FellowMember, Certified Quality Engineer,Certified Reliability Engineer, PastChairman South Bend-Mishawaka Sec-tion, Member Board of Directors, ASQC.Chairman of lnspection Division, DeputyChairman of GTC. Listed in Who's Whoin Engineering.

Presently Director of QualityAssurance, James River Corporation,Paperboard Packaging. Multi-plantresponsibility for Quality AssuranceSystems lmplementation and Qualitylmprovement Programs,

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1977-1978 ChairmanAnthony B. Manzi

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1978-1979 ChairmanJim Cooper

During his term as chairman wereached our membership objective andaccomplished several Division goals. Hehas been active in ASQC activities formany years. Education, Lecturing, andSeminar activities are all part of his role.

He is a graduate of the University ofHartford and was employed as QualityControl Manager by Skinner Value Divi-sion - Honeywell lnc. He initiated ourDivision Advisory Council. Our pastchairmen never retire from ASQC work.They just go on to bigger and betterinvolvement.

Jim is a lifelong resident of themetropolitan Baltimore Area, being bornand raised in Baltimore City. He is a1967 graduate of the University ofMaryland with a degree in electricalengineering. ln 1986, he received hisMBA from Loyola College in Baltimore.

Since his graduation from Maryland,he has worked for the WestinghouseElectric Corporation in Hunt Valley, MD,first as a design engineer for threeyears; and then in a variety of qualityassurance functions throughout theQuality Department. Currentl¡ he is aSenior Quality Assurance Engineerassigned to the Division's ElectronicRepair Center.

Anthony described his experience inthe Chairman's position as very fulfilling.He believes that the education of inspec-tors is the greatest service that our Divi-sion can offer industry. To meet thisneed, he says, we must have thecooperation of all members. Attendanceat meetings, conferences and seminarsis extremely important.

The Manzi's have retired and are liv-ing in sunny California.

Tony Manzi died during 1987 and heis sincerely missed by our division. Hisideas live on to inspire all of us.

A senior Member in ASQC, Jim is alsoa Certified Quality Engineer and a Cer-tified Quality Auditor. Additionally, he hasserved as the Chairman of the BaltimoreSection, ASQC Director At Large,Member of the Annual Technical Pro-gram Committee and as Chairman ofthe Program and Speakers Committee.

Now living in Baldwin, MD with hiswife Barbara and two children, Jim singsin his church choir, coaches youth in thelocal recreation council sports programs,umpires softball, basketball andvolleyball. Additionally, he ran for MDState Senate garnering 7000 votes,which represented 350/o of those cast inthe general election.

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1979-1980 ChairmanKen Brady Ken retired from Westinghouse on

May 31, 1985 after 32112 feaß of ser:vice. During his working years, Kenreceived much support f romWestinghouse for his many ASQC ac-tivities which included guest speaker atmany ASQC Section meetingsthroughout the United States and for hisuntiring efforts in promoting the lnspec-tor Certification program. The certifica-tion program was approved by theASQC Board of Directors in November,1982 afterl1 years of effort by Ken.

During the last five years of Ken'sworking career, he was very active withthe ASQC Technical Program Commit-tees for the 1982 Annual Quality Con-

"Welcome to all my old friends andelbow buddies and to all the newf riends who have just becomemembers of the largest and bestDivision of the, ASQC. We ask you tosend us lnformation as to how we canbetter serve you."

Above ls the first paragraph of DlckDownes' message to our membersafter hls electlon as Chairman. Withlna few short weeks lp dled and thefollowlng notice appeared in theSeptember 1980 newsletter:

It is with deep regret and a deepsense of /oss fåat we mourn the death

gress in Detroit and the 1985 AnnualQuality Congress in Baltimore. He coor-dinated the many aspects and stepsnecessary for a smooth runningTechnical Program during each AnnualQuality Congress. For these efforts, Kenreceived an award from the ASQCBoard of Directors at the 1985 AQCBusiness meeting. At ASQC request,Ken wrote a manual for organizing aTechnical Program and its implementa-tion at the Annual Quality Congress.

After retirement, Ken moved to Floridaand joined the Cape Canaveral Sectionof ASQC. ln 1982 he was guest speakerfor the Section's lnspection Nightmeeting.

of Dick Downe. Dick was a SeniorMember oÍ the ASQC and a CharterMember ol the lnspection Division. Heyyas elected to the DivisionChairman's position at out lastelection and just started planning forthis year.

We know we have lost a good friendand all the members of our Divisionwish to pass o,', their prayers andcondolences to his îamily.

Dicks' ldeas and contrlbutions havehelped to keep us the largest and bestDlvislon.

1980-1981 ChairmanDick Downe

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Quality Control and the lnspection Divi'sion in 1969, and for seventeen years

was very active in both the Section and

Division Levels. He held the honor of be-

ing chosen as the lnspection Division's

lnspector of the Year in 1975. He is aCertified Quality Technician, and a Cer-

tified Quality Engineer. He served on

many committees and comPleted twoyear terms as Secretary, Treasurer, and

Chairman for the lnspection Division. He

was the Awards Committee Chairman

for the Administrative Applications Divi-

sion for twelve years. ln 1981, he was the

Reception Committee Chairman for the

San Francisco Quality Conference Host

Committee. ln 1986, he was awarded the

Harry J. Lessig lnspection Division

Technology Gold Medal Award for hispast contribution for the advancementof the lnspection Profession'

He has been retired for five years and

lives in Santa Clara, California' He is ac-

tive in his Church and Senior CivicOrganizations and still an ASQC Senior

Member in Good Standing and supports

lnspection Activities in his area'

1982-1983 ChairmanRay Worcwick

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1981-1982 ChairmanLco Stringari

Born in Lester, Colorado, March 28,

1926, Served two Years in the United

States Navy 1944-1946. Attended San'ta Clara University Business College for

one year and then worked under a Cer-

tified Public Accountant for two years.

For the next three years he worked as

an office manager for an Agricultural,Grower-Packer-ShiPPer ComPanY.Because of a profound fascination formechanical machinery, he left the Ac-

counting profession and served a fouryear Machinist Apprenticeship with theSouthern Pacific Railroad. ln February

1957 when he comPleted his aPPren-

ticeship, he was employed as a Receiv-

ing lnspector in the General Products

Division of lBM, San Jose, California. He

remained emPloYed at lBM, San Jose,

in the Quality Assurance Function, and

was involved in many quality assurance

activities related to various IBM products

and processes. On April 30, 1984, after

twenty seven years of continuous ser'vice, he took early retirement from IBM

San Jose, California.

He joined the Amer¡can SocietY for

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Canada lnc., has extensive, dedicatedcareer in quality for over thirty years.

From student aPPrenticeshiP in

toolmaking, through graduate studies in

mechanical engineering, continuationstudies in non-destructive testing'statistical process control, qualityengineering, etc. Has been most act¡ve

in recent years in teaching at continua-tion college in quality systems and plan-

ning and metrology.

His career includes lnspection Super-visor and qualitY management in

aerospace, nuclear f uel sYstems'nuclear and fossil power generation

equipment, instrumentation and controlindustries, and was Director of a private-

ly owned calibration laboratory.

A member of ASQC since 1967

holding offices of Section Chairman,

Conference Chairman, Regional Coun-

cillor, and Chairman of the lnspectionDivision, Has actively been involved in

quality program standards developmentincluding Canadian standards Associa-

tion CAN.3 299 series. Has travelled ex-

tensively throughout the world with deep

insight into international quality pro-

grams implementation, especially in

steel related industries.

ln this long career mostly in manage-

ment, a proud claim is that in all thistime, never a week or two Passedwithout getting on the shop floor and be-

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1984-1986 GhairmanJohn Trotter

Gene is an Advisory Quality Engineer¡n the IBM General Products Division inSan Jose, CA, He has been employedby IBM since 1965 where he started withthe Federal Systems Division at CapeKennedy, Florida as a Quality Engineeron the Apollo Space Program for twoyears. He transferred to San Jose, CAwhere he has been since 1967 with theGeneral Products Division. During thistime at San Jose, Gene has been aQuality Engineer in Magnetic HeadManufacturing, Data Disk Processes,Magnetic Tape Drive Assemblies, and inthe Machine Shop. He has also been aProcurement Quality Engineer and forf ive years was a ManufacturingEngineer in support of the High SpeedLaser Printer. Following that he was aProcurement Manufacturing Engineerresponsible for the assembly of a com-plete Disk File Storage Machine. Genehas held management positions in

Quality Assurance and Test EquipmentMaintenance.

His present assignment is initiating aSource Auditor Program for magnetichead parts and disk substrates for bothdomestic and foreign vendors.

Gene has a Bachelor of Science in ln-dustrial Management from San DiegoState University and a Master of Arts inManagement with a Quality ControlEmphasis f rom the University ofPhoenix. He is a registered PE, in Quali-ty Engineering in the state of Californiaand is an ASQC Certified QualityEngineer. Gene has held various electedpositions in the Santa Clara ValleySection of ASQC including SectionChairman. He has also held variouselected positions in the lnspection Divi-sion of National ASQC including theposition of Division Chairman. Current-ly Gene is on the Board of Directors forASQC serving as a Regional Director.

John Trotter has spent over 21 yearsin manufacturing, with 18 of those yearsin the Quality profession.

Starting his career as a lab technicianworking for BBL, a division of BectonDickenson, Mr. Trotter has held variousQuality Management positions in avariety of industries such as: defense,steel, precision machining, plastic, andpharmaceuticals,

John joined thg local Baltimore Sec-tion of ASQC in 1972, and has heldvarious chairships, including chairmanof the Section in 1980 and has justfinished his term as director for theBaltimore Section.

Joining the lnspection Division also in1972, John started as a RegionalCounselor and progressed to Chairmanof the lnspection Division from 1984

through 1986.

Mr. Trotter received both his B.S. inProduction Management and M.S. inOperation Management from theUniversity of Baltimore, and is currentlyan adjunct professor at the University ofBaltimore, teaching both Quality andOperation Management courses at theundergraduate level.

Drawing upon his experiences in theQuality and Operations areas, Mr. Trot-ter has embarked on a new career asa Senior Sales Representative for ASKComputer Systems, which is the leadingsupplier of manufacturing and financialsoftware in the world today.

Even though John has changedcareers, he still attends the localASQCmeetings and is an active member in theSociety today.

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1986-1988 GhairmanBill Sherman

Bill has remained active in ASQCsince completing two terms as Chair-man of the lnspection Division. Whileserving his second term as chairman,he was nominated and elected a Fellowof the Society by the Board of Directors.Currently há is Deputy Regional Direc-tor for Region 14 and is Chairman of theExamining Committee for the Tulsa Sec-tion. He is also a member of the Quali-ty Press Standing Review Board.

ln October of 1988 after almost eightyears as Director, Quality Assurance, Billleft Burtek, lnc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, acompany primarily engaged in themanufacture of flight and tracked vehi-cle simulators, which is also a subsidiaryof Thomson Corporation of America. To-

day, Bill is Director, Quality Assurancefor the western hemisphere for Hilti, lnc.,a company well-known worldwide for

fastening systems used in the construc-tion industry.

Bill has been an adjutant professor atTulsa Junior College for several yearsand is a guest lecturer for the AmericanManagement Association. He has writ-ten various papers, given seminars, andhas recently appeared in a video pro-moting the value of inspection in in-dustry, ln addition to being Past Chair-man of ASQC's lnspection Division, heis also Past Chairman of the society'sMetrology Technical Committee; PastChairman, ASQC's Tulsa Section; anda Past Director, ASQC's Northeast ll-linois Section. He is a Certified QualityEngineer and a senior member ofthe lnstitute of lndustrial Engineers.Bill is also the current Commanderof Tulsa Power Squadron, U.S. PowerSquadrons.

History of Eventsfor lnspectorCertification Program

The lnspector certlflcation conceptwas orlglnally dlscussed by thelnspectlon Divislon ln 1970. ln theSeptembeç 1973 NEWSLETTER theDlvislon objectives had as a shortrange obJective (one year) tolmplement a Certifled lnspectorProgram. Thls seemed reallstic at thetlme because also in Septembe6 1973the lnspection Division became thelargest {membersnip, Dlvlslon inASQC and lt has remalned the largestsince then. ln the September, 1974NEWSLETTER, the Division Chalrman,Tllson Lacy, llsted the Dlvision's goalsand obJectives and he stated that he"llsted them ln a reasonable order ofconsldered lmportance".Goal No. 1

consldered of highest lmportance was:" Pursue lnspector Certif icationProgram",

By mid 1975 the effort on developing

an lnspector Certification programslowed down considerably because ofSoclety constralnts. The effort slowedbut never stopped. During the May,1979 lnspectlon Divislon AnnualCouncil meeting in Houston lnterest inthe lnspector Certlflcation Programpicked up again very quickly becauseof the support for the Programexpressed by Walter Hurd who wasattending the meeting. At thelnspectlon Dlvision's request the GTCdiscussed the development of aproposal for lnspector certlflcatlon. lna letter dated August 15, 1979 the GTCChalrman stated the GTC "looked onthe proposed development of(lnspector) certlflcatlon favorably".The GTC then established five crlterlathe proposal must meet.

At the May, 1980 Annual QualityCongress ln Atlanta Dr. Paul Gellesacc€pted the Chalrmanshlp of thelnspector Certlflcatlon Commlttee toprepare for lmplementatlon after theproposal ls approved by the ASQC

Board of Dlrectors. ln a letter datedApril 14, 1980 from the GTC Chairmanthe lnspection Division was informedthat the Professional DevelopmentCouncll establlshed seven criterla theproposal must meet. This required acomplete rewrlte of the proposal thathad been Written around the f ivecrlteria orlgiially submitted by theGTC. The first DRAFT of the proposatwas sent to the GTC Ghalrman and Dr.Gelles for revlew on August 18, 1980.

By a letter dated September26, 1980from the GTC Ghalrman to theProfesslonal Development GouncilChairman the PDC was asked torevlew the proposal at its November,1980 meeting. The lnspection DivisionCouncll reviewed the DRAFT of theproposal at lts mld-year meeting onOctober 8, 1980 in Tulsa, OK. Gouncllapproval was given for the proposal aspresented. The lnspectlon DivislonPast-Chairman attended both of theGTC and PDC November, 1980meetings to explaln the proposal

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DRAFT contents. Comments fromboth groups were incorporated into theproposal DRAFT dated February 26,

1981. This DRAFT was then sent toASQC Headquarters for revlew and

comments by Bob Abbott and Dave

Leaman. Comments from Abbott and

Leaman were lncorPorated lnto theproposal whlch became the finalverslon dated March 12, 1981. Coples

of thls final version of the proposal

were malled to the GTG DePutY

Chalrmen for their review before theMay 26, 1981 GTC meetlng for a GTC

vote for approval or rejectlon.

A letter dated MaY 4, 1981 from BobAbbott to the PDC Ghalrmanrequested that the lnsPectorCertlflcatlon proposal be placed on theagendas of the May, 1981 meetlngs ofthe PDG and the Board of Directors.The May, 1981 GTC meeting washectic and by the end of the meeting itwas not sure whether the GTG had or

had not approved the ProPosal.However, a note was received on MaY

æ, 1981 from the GTC Chalrman tolnform the lnspection Dlvlslon that theBoard of Dlrectors reafflrmed thatcertif lcation, membershiP, andeducation of lnspectors fall wlthin the

Soclety obJectlves. Because of theconfusion at the MaY, 1981 GTCmeetlng the GTC Chairman requested

a mall ballot be sent to GTC membersso another vote could be taken on thelnspector Certlflcatlon proposal. Themail ballot was mailed on June 15,

1981 with a reply requested by June 26,

1981.The mall ballot was later volded

because of bY'laws requlrements.Because of the confusion the GTG ln'comlng Chalrman wrote a letter dated

September 3, 1981 to the PDC

Ghalrman to clarlfy the responsibllltlesand methods to use on future votlng.

The lack of understandlng on these

lssues created the GTC confuslon. The

f lrst meetlng of the lnspectorCertiflcatlon Gommlttee was held on

October 8, 1981 to begln strategyplannlng to lmplement the certiflcatlonprogram after lt is aPProved bY the

ASQC Board of Directors.

At the November 18, 1981 meetlngof the full GTC the lnsPectorCertlflcation proposal was again on theagenda for a vote of aPProval. ln aletter dated December 23, 1981 fromthe GTC Chalrman to the PDC

Ghalrman lt stated the GTCunanlmouslY voted that: "the GTC

accept the lnspector certlficatlon

(Reprinted from 1Sth Anniversary Newsletter)

proposal dated March 12, 1981 as

responslve to the seven crlterla and

that the proposal be fon¡rarded to thePDC on that basls". The PDC agreed

to agaln put the ProPosal on theagenda for its MaY 4,19ßi2 meetlng. Atthis meetlng the lnsPectorCertiflcatlon proposal was approved by

the PDC by a 4 to 3 vote. Thls cleared

the proposal to be fon¡rarded to theBoard of Dlrectors for approval' The

lnspector Certltlcatlon proposal wasplaced on the agenda for theNovember, 1982 meetlng of the Board

of Dlrectors. A letter dated December14, 1982 from the ASQC Vlce Presidentof Dlvlslons and TechnlcalCommlttees lnformed the lnspectlonDivlslon that the Board of Dlrectorshad approved the Mechanlcallnspector Certlflcatlon program forlmplementatlon. Note: each optlon wlllrequlre separate approval as they are

developed.

Twelve years of effort bY thelnspectlon Dlvislon has now beenapproved. Coordlnatlon efforts areproceeding bY the lnsPectorCertlflcatlon Gommlttee, Ghalrman Dr.

Gelles, and ASQC Headquarters foreventual lmplementatlon of theI nspector Certlf lcatlon Program.

Preparcd W Ken BradyPast Chairman lnspect¡on Dlvlsion

Items of lnterest fromyour chairman1. We have purchased two Video Tapes

for use by the LD. at AQC, Regional Con'ferences, lnspection Night Presenta-tions, etc. They are: "Non-DestructiveTesting" which runs 15 minutes and"Gauges & Measurements" which runs

14 minutes. We plan to show these at

our l.D. Booth in Toronto. I will be

sending "Non-Destructive Testing" toMel Sater for his use and viewing.

2. MQS Training GrouP for Non-Destructive Testing Training & lnspection

now have their 1989 course schedules'You can receive this by writing to: MQS

Training Group for NDI 2301 Arthur Ave.

Elk Grove Village, ll 60007 (312)

981-7510

3. Other Professional Societies &Associations that can help you get towhere you are going with your careerinclude: Society Of ManufacturingEngineers, One SME Drive, P'O. Box

930, Dearborn, Michigan 48121 (313)

271-1500i lnstitute of Certified Profes-

sional Managers, on the Campus ofJames Madison University, Harrison-burg, Virginia 22807 (703) 568-6909.

4. Some good sources of Films andVideo tapes: Quality Video Programs,865 S. Lapee¡ Suite 101, Lake Orion,Michigan 48035, (313) 693-4232; TheFilm Library of Greater Los AngelesChapter, National Safety Council, 3450Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles,CA 90010 (800) 421-9585, ln California(800) 445-4613.

5. Excellent Reference Book: "Tool &Manufacturing Engineers Handbook"Vol. 4 on Quality Control & Assembly.Available from SME, PO. Box 930, Dear-born, M148121 (313) n1-15O0. Also:Vol,5 on "Manufacturing Man;::ff:ï",

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elnspection Division Matrix Scheduleof Tasks to Accomplish - 1988-89

IPrepared by Chuck Carter S/88

Task/ltem to Accomplish

1. Monthly report to Chairman by Each Officer & Reg¡onalCounselor betw€en 1sl and sth.

2. Chairman's Repo.t to Officers & Counselors on or b€fore 15thof each month.

3. Octob€r 12 follow<rp meet¡ng by Officers & Counselors ¡n concert withM¡dwest Qual. Conf.

4. Matrix Schedule to follow for McDermond Div. Recog. Program.Update as needed / necessary.

5. Management Tra¡n¡ng & Development Program to assure on{oingsuccess of l.D. Send inputs to Cha¡man monthly with 1 above along w¡thcand¡dates for program. V.C. Dev. will put program together & report toCha¡rman.

6. Mid-year lnsp. Div. Conf . ..On our own or co€ponsored by l.D. Theent¡re Div. must be ¡nvolved. Date:

7. l.O.Y. candidates from regions via Reg. Coun. etc. P.R. Prog. by R.C.Send cand¡dates to: P.O. Box 5001, Richardson, TX 7508O/V.C.D.

8. Develop interest in & promote C.M.l. Cert. Prog. in concert with l.O.Y.by All Off/Reg. Coun.

9. All Otficers & Counselors comm¡t to growth & development of the l.D.See l.D. Org. Chart

10. Newsletter Editor to publish 4 issues/year:1 in June/July-Summer: Cover May AQC1 in Sepuoct-Fall for start-up Sect. meets1 in Jan.-Winter w¡th Food for Thought1 in Apr¡l-Spr¡ng with Highlights for AQC

1 1. Consider modifying name of l.D. to the lnspection & Audit¡ng Div¡s¡on

1988

JUN

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1.to 5 p.m. atWoodf¡eld H¡lton

OK

Chuck CarterDean WEir

Ralph Matheny ¡n Process 10/12

Navin S. Dedhia$5.00 per quest¡on

Summer OK

JUL AUG SEP ocT NOV DEC

1989

JAN

Progress OKDollar awards made in Jan. '89

1989 Org.oK 12122

FEB MAR APR MAY

Chuch Carter:1. Modera'ior a1È17

1st Q.M. Conf.Nashville

2. Speaker at1st FDA-ASQC

Short Hills, NJ

OK

OK All Reg. Councilby Ron Northcutt

OK Speak 15 & 16 GTCNewslstter 1) C¡nn

2) Grand Rapids, Ml

GLC speak10n4/88

oK oK12l22

Starting to receive cand¡datesForms in Nov. Newsletter

Carter 5/4/89

Speaker atSME Natl. Conf.¡n Detroit

3/8i/89

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All Reg. CounselorsoK 9/30

Fall OKWinter OK

D¡alog with Audit ChmnNov 15/16 M¡lwaukee

Discussion at GTCNov 15/16 Milwaukee

Progress JC/CLC

Recvd 3f289 Spr¡ng OK20th Ann¡v.

No, From Audit T/C Feb. 17th

Formal

Letter to ChairmanGTC in Feb. by CLC

Jim Cooper toReport in

Toronto

l2.Consider having our l.D. Honors Medal presented with all others, formally

13. McDermond D¡v. Recog. Program headed by the Cha¡rman Elect &Supported by Ghairman.

To J¡m Cooper 8/8

A) Chair- Elect sets up a book w¡th tabs. See 2.2.112.2.212.3.312.2.412.2.5 Please start lh¡s ¡mmediately.

B) Maintain book & submit for points in 3 competit¡ve per¡ods. See 2.312.4P^5i?..6 w¡th Chmn/2.7 with Chmn.

C) F¡nal review by GTC preceeding AQC. See 2.8.D) GRG Chmn. of Awards Comm. advises of results. See 2.9.

E) Awards presented by AaG. See 3.0/3.1 D¡v. Mgmt Award/3.2 Level of Excellence Award/3.S Chmn. & Chmn-Elect receives

Ð Measurement per¡od starts April 1st and ends March 31st of the following year. See 4.0.

G) I am confident that we can edge ourselves up to w¡nn¡ng. we are indeed an Excellent Divis¡on.

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lnspector of the Year

- 1989The 1989 lnspector of the Year is:Mr. D. R. 'Oly' Olson, DePartment(UO001), John Deere Waterloo Works,Vehicle Assembly, 3500 E. DonaldStreet, Waterloo, lowa 50704.

Mr. Olson has been an lnspector for thepast 20 years and with John DeereWaterloo Works for 29 years. He hasserved in most all primary operationssuch as Press, Weld, Paint, Receivinglnspection, Assembly, Final Release &Shipping lnspection. He has served inevery facet of inspection and would beconsidered as'The lnspector's lnspec-tor' at the John Deere Waterloo Works.

Because of his 'Special Abilities'to workwellwith all people at all levels includingSuppliers & Customers, 'Oly' has beenrequested by Senior Management totravel into all departments as he feelsthe need in order to locate problems,

identify the source, and recommend cor-

rective action. He has been instrumen-tal in curtailing substandard materialgeneration through his'Quick Response& Accurate Analysis.'As such, 'Oly' hasbeen provided with an Electronic Pagerand a Motorized Vehicle for his exclusiveuse to make him readily available toSupervisors & Operators who need help.'Oly' takes advantage of opportunitiesto call recent purchasers of John DeereTractors to talk to them about theirimpressions of Quality, what was good

and what could be better.

We would all be greatly enriched if we

'Oly'Olson

had lnspectors like 'Oly.' 'Oly'works forJim Stevenson, Senior Engineer atWaterloo. Mr. Don Duncan is the WorksManager and Mr. Dennis Shoener is theGeneral Manager of the John DeereWaterloo Works.

We congratulate 'Oly Olson' as our 1989

lnspector of the Year and look forwardto seeing him in Toronto at the AQC onMay7,8,9&10th.

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