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This diverse group of professionals represents the top industry executives and pioneers who lead ECC in its mission to promote thought leadership among owners, contractors, and suppliers in the global engineering and construction industry. Thanks to their leadership, ECC has continued to grow in community participation and conference attendance, becoming an increasingly vital network of the industry.

​ECC Executive Board of Directors

Nicole Davies
Nicole Davies
Chair 
Fluor
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Kurt Davis
Vice Chair 
Worley
Greg Hafer
Greg Hafer
Treasurer 
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Kyle Lendicky
Kyle Lednicky
Past Chair 
Arion
Greg Blankenship
Paul Barshop
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IPA
Greg Blankenship
Jeremy Bertsch
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Flint Hills Resources
Greg Blankenship
Greg Blankenship
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Hargrove
Greg Blankenship
Joel Boe
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Turner Industries Group
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Trevor Boyce
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Dow
Ross Faransso
Ledon Green
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Performance Contractors
Laura Haas
Laura Haas
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Chevron Phillips
Paul Hargreaves
Paul Hargreaves
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Chevron
Dan Huben
George Hofer
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Endress+Hauser
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Dan Huben
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Evonik Corporation​
Ross Faransso
Matt Key
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Zachry
Ross Faransso
Jennifer Kim
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Fluor​
Ross Faransso
Keith Magowan
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Matt Provenzano
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PEMEX
Ross Faransso
Arnie Salinas
​Arion
Ross Faransso
Erik Schmidt
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BASF
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Quentin Smith
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Veson Nautical​
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Jim Smith
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ExxonMobil​
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Scott Tanley
Austin Industrial
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Manny Walters
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Phillips 66​

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Stacie Wrobbel
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Pathfinder

Future Leader Liasons

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​Ben Fromenthal
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MMR Constructors, Inc.
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Susan Jackson
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Excel USA
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Brandon Jacobs
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Shell
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Carrie Miller
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Eastman

Executive Advisory Board Committee

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Justin Borchardt
S&B
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Karen Bray
Burns & McDonnell
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Kymberly Butts
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Zachry Group
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Stephen Cabano
Pathfinder, LLC
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Tony Caletka
PwC
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Jim Craig
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Chevron
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Justin Dahl
McKinsey & Co.
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Allison Drobniak
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Ross Faransso
Nexus PMG
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Karen Griffin
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Hargrove Automation & Controls
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Tracie Griffitt
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Worley
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Dave Kafer
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Dow Chemical
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Don Kalenits
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MasTec
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Brandon Mabile
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Performance Contractors
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Eric Moore
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Shell
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Elizabeth Sanborn
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Independent Project Analysis (IPA)
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Jan Shumate
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Eastman Chemical Company
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Travis Shearer
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Kiewit Energy Group
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Nick Sinnett
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BP
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Mahesh Thadhani
Hatch
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Stephen Toups
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Turner Industries
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Guillermo Vigna
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Endress+Hauser
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Steve Wardle
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Past Board Members

2010–2024 PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Tony Caletka PwC 2021-2024
Ross Faransso KBR 2021-2024
Brandon Mabile Performance Contractors Contractor 2021-2024
Eric Moore* Shell 2021-2024
Travis Shearer Kiewit Energy Group 2021-2024
Jan Shumate Eastman 2021-2024
Guillermo Vigna Endress+Hauser 2021-2024
Tom Roovers Dow 2022-2023
Stephen Hillier Apache IS Holdings, LLC 2021-2023
Willie King Albemarle 2020-2023
Stephen Toups Turner Industries 2020-2023
Michele McNichol Arion Blue LLC 2020-2023
Karen Bray Burns & McDonnell 2020-2023
Elizabeth Sanborn Independent Project Analysis (IPA) 2020-2023
Jason Kraynek* Fluor 2019-2023
Delia Contreras Honeywell 2021-2022
Dr. Lingguang Song University of Houston 2020-2022
Shannon Craig BASF 2019-2022
Nick Sinnett BP 2019-2022
Kymberly Butts * Zachry 2019-2022
Karen Griffin Hargrove Engineers + Constructors 2019-2022
Jim Craig Chevron 2019-2022
Eric Moore* Shell 2019-2022
Don Heimbach LyondellBasell 2019-2022
Dave Kafer Dow Chemical 2019-2022
Willie Lefever Performance Contractors 2018-2021
Keith Morley Eastman Chemical 2018-2021
Jonathan Rennie Worley 2018-2021
Anthony Bazzini* ExxonMobil 2016-2021
Lance Boudreaux Hargrove Engineers + Constructors 2017-2020
Don Kalenits MasTec 2017-2020
William Kiser Hargrove Engineers + Constructors 2017-2020
Kenny Manning Zachry Group 2017-2020
Dave Senko Wison 2017-2020
Rex West Motiva 2017-2020
Justin Borchardt S&B 2016-2020
Andre Nathan ChevronPhilips 2016-2020
Eduardo Carstensen BASF 2018-2019
Paul Destephano Hexagon 2016-2019
Justin Dahi McKinsey & Co. 2016-2019
Julie Lambert Phillips 66 2015-2019
Kenny Manning Zachry Group 2016-2019
Bo Stanley Wood 2017-2019
Kevin Sternitzky BP 2017-2019
Dan Spinks Fluor 2017-2018
Ash Ayoub Dow 2015-2018
Scott Brandenburg BASF 2015-2018
Tracie Griffitt Jacobs 2015-2018
David Holland Wood PLC 2015-2018
Stephen Buras  Albemarle Corporation 2014-2018
Rachel Jackson BHP Billiton 2014-2018
Don Brundage Intergraph 2013-2018
Jack Hartung Chevron 2014-2017
Warren Kennedy Burns & McDonnell 2014-2017
Steve Wardle Chevron Phillips Chemical Company 2014-2017
Curt Watson The Infinity Group/Wood Group 2014-2017
Dean Wenner Richard Design Services 2014-2017
Robin Hurst Southern Company 2015-2016
Donna Dombowksy BP 2015-2016
Bill Barger APS 2013-2016
Doyle Johnson Hargrove Engineers + Constructors 2013-2016
Manson Massie INVISTA Chemical 2013-2016
Greg Sills Leading Projects 2013-2016
Mahesh Thadhani Amec Foster Wheeler 2013-2016
Jay Diefenderfer Worley 2012-2015
Manuel Junco Jacobs 2011-2015
Samar Walther ConocoPhillips 2011-2014
Ronald Paez Petrocor 2011-2014
John Nobles Burns & McDonnell 2011-2014
Allison Drobniak Wood Group Mustang 2011-2014
Judd Kuehn Chevron 2010-2014
Steve Dedman Zachry 2009-2013
Larry East Albemarle Corporation 2010-2013
Ralph Hargrove Hargrove Engineers + Constructors 2010-2013
Elias Kerzabi Eli Lilly and Company 2010-2013
J. D. Slaughter S&B 2010-2013
Michael Yost Fluor 2009-2012
Mike McAtee BASF 2009-2012
Thomas Butts CH2MHill 2009-2012
Tony Jones Valero Energy Corp 2009-2012
Jeff Reilly Phillips66 2009-2011
Denise Elston Shell 2008-2011
Gary Berman WorleyParsons 2008-2011
Mark Mateker KBR 2008-2011
Michael Lowder Eastman Chemical Co 2008-2011
Rob Berra CH2MHILL 2007-2011
Elizabeth Walzel Dow 2007-2010
Mark Buehler BP 2007-2010
Meg Lassarat Universal Pegasus 2007-2010
Paul Nicks Uhde 2007-2010
Alan Thomas Jacobs 2006-2010
2000–2009 PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Dick Westney Westney Consulting 2006-2009
Don Ruble KBR 2006-2009
Edward Godlewski Fluor 2006-2009
Wayne Burchette Eastman Chemical Company 2006-2007
Anne-Marie Walters Bentley Systems 2005-2009
Art Burson Merck 2005-2008
Brian Evans WorleyParsons 2005-2008
Don Runaldue ExxonMobil 2005-2008
John Moore BASF 2005-2008
Stephen L. Cabano Pathfinder, LLC 2004-2008
Bob Donaho The Dow Chemical Company 2004-2007
Chuck Greco BP 2004-2007
H. David Sloan Valero Energy Corporation 2004-2007
A. Charles Rowney ACR, Inc. 2004-2006
Christopher E. Nagel Jacobs 2004-2006
Gary Seger ExxonMobil 2004-2005
John Dalton, Sr. Wood Group Mustang 2003-2007
Joseph P Morray, Jr. Trinity Technologies 2003-2006
Graham Cattell BP 2003-2004
James Moore BP 2003-2004
Dwayne Wilson Fluor 2002-2006
Bernard Sandner Lyondell Equistar 2002-2005
Rich Sander Arkema 2002-2005
Robert Reinoehl Aker Kvaerner 2002-2004
Lloyd Kirchner Commonwealth Engineering and Construction 2001-2005
Eric Moorehead Invensys 2001-2004
James Van Ness ExxonMobil 2001-2004
Jaime Valencia NOVI Enterprises 2001-2003
John J. Petchonka Kvaerner E&C 2000-2003
Joseph V. Scott BP 2000-2003
Thomas Doran Intergraph Corp. 2000-2003
Craig Harting Honeywell 2000-2002
Alfred E. Wechsler Arthur D. Little, Inc. 1999-2003
Robert M. Clement Jacobs Engineering Group 1999-2003
Christon Blair Equistar Chemicals, LP 1999-2002
Deborah L. Grubbe E I duPont 1999-2002
Dick Lietzau e Project Management 1999-2002
Dominick Trupia ABB Lummus Global, Inc. 1998-2001
John Lambert Foster Wheeler International Corp. 1998-2001
Larry Ambrose Ruhrpumpen 1998-2001
William E. Smith, III Eli Lilly and Co. 1998-2001
1990–1999 PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Frank B. Lynott Honeywell, IAC 1997-1999
Dan H. Stites Fluor Inc. 1996-1999
Ralph Ruocco Rohm & Haas Co. 1996-1999
Steven W. Souders BP 1996-1999
William B. Hardin Technip USA Corp. 1996-1999
R. G. Ceconi The Phillips Petroleum Co. 1996-1998
Robert B. Duggan Shell Oil Co. 1996-1998
Robert H. Smith The Pritchard Co. 1996-1998
George C. Friddle Stone & Webster 1995-1999
Keith D. Manning H.B. Zachry Co. 1995-1998
Calvin B. Cobb Wright Killen & Co. 1995-1997
Frank V. Esposito Herzog Hart Corp. 1995-1997
J. H. Todd DuPont Co. 1995-1997
John J. Costolnick Exxon Chemical Co. 1995-1996
Neil D. Bernstein ABB Lummus Global, Inc. 1994-1997
Thomas J. Jaagus Sun Engineering Services 1994-1997
Douglas E. Dutcher Texaco, Inc. 1994-1996
Jack W. Westerfield Diamond Shamrock 1994-1996
William W. Leslie Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc. 1994-1996
Lloyd W. Matthews Amoco Chemical Co. 1994-1994
Justin C. Lowry Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. 1993-1996
F. J. Trotter Brown & Root Environmental 1993-1995
William R. Kerler Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1993-1995
Chris E. Campos Praxair 1993-1993
Hal O. Jones Eastman Chemical Co. 1992-1995
Dennis G. Bernhart Fluor Daniel 1992-1994
Edwin J. Bassler Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. 1992-1994
Michael D. Grant Chemstress Engineering 1992-1994
R. Bob Harrison Rohm & Haas Co. 1992-1994
John C. Mihm The Phillips Petroleum Co. 1991-1994
Howard S. Bryant Witco Corp. 1991-1993
Richard A. Olliver Foster Wheeler 1991-1993
W. A. Brookshire S&B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd. 1991-1993
Wilbur L. Kirchner Nooter Consctruction Co. 1991-1992
W. Irv Doty Shell Oil Co. 1990-1993
P. S. Tholan Bechtel Corp. 1990-1992
William G. Fischer Mobil R&D Corp. 1990-1992
Bob C. Perry AIChE 1990-1991
Gerhard J. Frohlich Hoffman LaRoche 1989-1992
James J. Degnan M.W. Kellog, Ltd. 1989-1991
Paul D. Varello American Ref-Fuel Co. 1989-1991
R. Ted Jacquet atochem North America 1989-1991
Joseph W. Martinelli Chevron Pipe Line Co. 1988-1991
Kenneth G. Braden Ralph M. Parsons Co. 1988-1990
Philip R. Moncrief Bechtel, Inc. 1988-1990
Thomas W. Mulrooney, Jr. Hercules, Inc. 1988-1990
1980–1989 PAST BOARD MEMBERS
James M. Braus Shell Oil Co. 1988-1989
Bill R. Hutson Brown & Caldwell 1987-1990
D. Kenneth Dotson M.W. Kellogg 1987-1989
W. W. Young   1987-1989
William W. Lewis The Pritchard Corp. 1987-1989
Shelby C. Pierce Amoco Oil Co. 1986-1989
Manuel Peralta Nat'l Aeronautics & Space Admin -- NI 1986-1988
Robert A. Simmers Raytheon Engineering & Constr. 1986-1988
Sam S. Giancarlo United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. 1986-1988
R. O. Robertson CF Industries 1985-1988
Edwin J. Bassler Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. 1985-1987
Eugene R. Hoffman   1985-1987
Jack P. Carr Badger Petroleum Co. 1985-1987
Wallace L. Tanner Shell Oil Co. 1985-1987
John E. Master ARCO Chemical Co. 1984-1987
Hugh K. Coble Fluor Daniel 1984-1986
Don J. Gunther Bechtel, Inc. 1983-1986
John Westmoreland Chevron Real Estate Mgmt. Co. 1983-1986
Gaspar P. Tiranno CE Lummus 1983-1985
Gerald L. Stevenson Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1983-1985
Norbert N. Buchsbaum Gulf Oil 1983-1985
Dr. Edward R. H. McDowell   1983-1984
Leonard J. Pieroni The Parsons Group 1983-1984
Henry W. Schmidt British Petroleum 1982-1985
Edward D. Innes Sun Co., Inc. 1982-1984
Edward E. Ives Raytheon 1982-1984
William C. Chatman Foster Wheeler Ltd. 1982-1982
M. E. Hankins Texaco, Inc. 1981-1985
Jack J. Heller Union Oil Co. 1981-1984
Issac Pass Exxon Research & Engineering Co. 1981-1983
J. E. Maurer H.B. Zachry Co. 1981-1983
Joel H. Bennett Ralph M. Parsons Co. 1981-1982
Jerome R. Kaye ABB Lummus Global 1980-1982
K. G. Wolfe Occidental Petroleum 1980-1982
Ralph W. Sheets Bechtel 1980-1982
Gordon R. Denker   1980-1980
D. Bart Carmody Union Carbide 1979-1982
Frank C. Prager Hercules, Inc. 1979-1981
Stan B. Johnson Monsanto Co. 1979-1981
V. Gerald Wright Stearns Catalytic 1979-1981
William K. Wakefield FMC Corp. 1978-1981
Armin Baertschi Occidental Petroleum 1978-1980
Emile J. Parente Fluor Technology, Inc. 1978-1980
Ludwig A. Probst Hydrocarbon Construction 1978-1980
Howard B. Stanton Texaco, Inc. 1977-1980
James C. Selover Bechtel National, Inc. 1977-1979
Donald L. Runyon   1976-1979
Joseph S. Karesh Celanese Corp. 1976-1979
Sigfried W. von Kutzleblen C.E. Lummus 1976-1979
H. W. Warnick Ford, Bacon, Davis 1976-1978
W. T. Maddock Marathon Oil Co. 1976-1978
Edward C. Holland Balcan Engineering 1975-1978
Carl W. Horst Sandwell, Inc. 1975-1977
Gordon R. Edwards M. W. Kellogg 1975-1977
Ralph M. Young Davy McKee 1975-1977
William F. Brusher   1975-1977
J. W. Kelly The Badger Corp. 1975-1975
Ebsen H. Rasmussen Union Carbide 1973-1976
M. G. Johnson Bechtel Power Corp. 1973-1976
Alfred R. Crosby Exxon Research & Engineering Co. 1971-1976
Robert G. Hargrove The Badger Co. 1972-1974
Joseph C. Mason, Jr. Universal Oil Products 1971-1974
R. B. Humbert Fluor Daniel Corp. 1971-1972
D. H. Henderson Allied Chemical Corp. 1970-1975
Samuel Mitchell Hercules, Inc. 1970-1975
Albert J. Dib Engineering News Record 1970-1974
George B. Moon Scientific Design 1970-1974
J. D. Underwood Celanese Corp. 1970-1972
1970–1979 PAST BOARD MEMBERS
James C. Selover Bechtel National, Inc. 1977-1979
Donald L. Runyon   1976-1979
Joseph S. Karesh Celanese Corp. 1976-1979
Sigfried W. von Kutzleblen C.E. Lummus 1976-1979
H. W. Warnick Ford, Bacon, Davis 1976-1978
W. T. Maddock Marathon Oil Co. 1976-1978
Edward C. Holland Balcan Engineering 1975-1978
Carl W. Horst Sandwell, Inc. 1975-1977
Gordon R. Edwards M. W. Kellogg 1975-1977
Ralph M. Young Davy McKee 1975-1977
William F. Brusher   1975-1977
J. W. Kelly The Badger Corp. 1975-1975
Ebsen H. Rasmussen Union Carbide 1973-1976
M. G. Johnson Bechtel Power Corp. 1973-1976
Alfred R. Crosby Exxon Research & Engineering Co. 1971-1976
Robert G. Hargrove The Badger Co. 1972-1974
Joseph C. Mason, Jr. Universal Oil Products 1971-1974
R. B. Humbert Fluor Daniel Corp. 1971-1972
D. H. Henderson Allied Chemical Corp. 1970-1975
Samuel Mitchell Hercules, Inc. 1970-1975
Albert J. Dib Engineering News Record 1970-1974
George B. Moon Scientific Design 1970-1974
J. D. Underwood Celanese Corp. 1970-1972
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