CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 10, 1976 | Page 4
Four Retire Recently
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John Hurst, center, retired after 45 years service. In the photo from left are Dr. Harry Jancis, Dr. Norman Sundholm, Hurst, Heinz Brandt and Dr. Edward Wheeler.
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Francis J. Lynch, right, General Foreman in the Materials Department is congratulated by Robert Mazaika, Factory Manager, on his retirement after 41 years service. Lynch was one of the original organizers of URW Local 218.
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Alexander Keniausis, fourth from left, retired from R&D after 26 years of service. From left are Ronald Rosenberg, Steven Wolkenbreit, Charles Shedd, Keniausis, James Chin, and Robert Drzal.
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Antonio Calabretta, above, retired from the Materials department after 21 years service.
$180,994 Paid in Tuition Aid
The Company paid $180,994 in Tuition Aid to employees in the year ending August 1976.
A total of 2,012 employees took job-related courses under the program designed to help employees gain or increase their job-related skills.
A total of 24 employees received college degrees under the program.
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Naugatuck, Connecticut
Tel. 729-8209
Frederick D. Zonino | Nathan M. Pierpont, Jr.
143 People…
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lor, J. Twomey, R. Valentine, O. Zaprzalka and J. Sinner.
40 Year Members
O. Johnson, A. Moura, M. Patrick, W. Rek, A. Sokoli and L. Tomlinson.
45 Year Member
J. Hurst (Ret.)
Chemical…
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and potatoes; Dr. Byron Hunter and Franklin H. Barrows for Celogen® HT 550, a high temperature blowing agent for polymers; Dr. Byron Hunter for a commercial process of making Celogen RA blowing agent and to Dr. John Burkus, Robert G. Leclerc and Louis V. Espositio for a method of curing polyurethane prepolymers.
Dr. Hunter Receives Seven
34 inventors, including 5 co-inventors from the Research Laboratories of Uniroyal Ltd., Guelph, Ontario, Canada, received one or more of the 36 patents. Those earning multiple patents included: Dr. Byron Hunter (7), Dr. Stephen Cantor (4), Dr. Rupert Covey (4), Robert Grahame Jr. (4), Winchester Hubbard (4), Dr. Elmar Jancis (3), Dr. Wadim Batorewicz (2), Dr. Thomas Brett Jr. (2), Walter Budd (2), Robert Hlavacek (2), and Dr. Robert Neidermyer (2). Dr. Byron Hunter (retired) received his 45th patent, the highest in the Chemical Division.
Other Chemical Division inventors who received patents were: James Ahrenmiller, Ronald Ames, Leland Dannals, Dr. Harold Greenfield, Dr. Howard Hageman, Dr. Edward Hagen, Gerald Hollmann, Russell Malz Jr., Dr. J. Terrence O’Brien, Dr. Allen Smith, Dr. Bogislav von Schmeling, Ebon Weaver, Walter Brouwer, William Harrison and Edwin McPherson.
The following retired inventors received patents in 1975: William K. Fischer and Marshall Kulka.
Santa’s Helpers
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Look at it this way: Bonds fit everybody on your Christmas list. They come in all sizes to fit your budget, too.
Give the gift that grows with your love. This Christmas, give a Bond.
U.S. Savings Bonds.
Appointments Announced
Joseph Mambrino has been promoted to Utilities and Pre-treatment Plant Area Foreman.
Stanley Mazanski has been named Chemical Maintenance Trades Foreman.
Charles Ferguson has been appointed Chemical Maintenance Trades Foreman.
Daniel Shantz has been named Chief Process Engineer for Chemical Production.
Anthony Cilfone has been named a Foreman in Chemical Production.
William Broden has assumed the administrative responsibilities of the Chemical, Synthetic and Non-Aqueous pilot plants.
Leonard Recchia has been named operations Foreman of the Chemical Pilot Plant.
Dr. Bogislav VonSchmeling has been appointed Manager of Agricultural Chemical Research & Development.
Dr. Alfred Mitlehner has been named Agribusiness Venture Manager.
Alex Ostrowski has been named Overseas Marketing Manager for Agricultural Chemicals.
Dr. M. Clark has been appointed Regional Manager for Agricultural Chemicals in Europe/Africa.
Gov. Grasso…
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the Naugatuck Chemical plant in 1968.
The Commission will study environmental and economic costs and benefits of existing state and federal laws and regulations governing environmental protection. Its findings and recommendations will be submitted to Gov. Grasso and the General Assembly in 1977.
Social Security Increased
Effective January 1, 1977 the Social Security earnings base—the maximum amount of annual earnings on which employees, employers, and self-employed people must pay social security tax—will be increased from $15,300 to $16,500, but the tax rate will remain the same.
People who earn $16,500 or more a year will pay $965.25 in social security taxes, or $70.20 more than the $895.05 in 1976. The contribution rate of 5.85% of taxable earnings for employees and employers, and 7.9% for self-employed people remains the same.
The increase does not affect workers whose annual earnings are less than $15,300.
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is deprived of oxygenated blood for a period of 6 minutes or more it is probable that irreversible damage has been done to it.
60 Sign Up for Courses
Sixty employees have already signed up for the four CPR classes. Since the program started, over 98 people have taken the CPR course and 78 have taken the First Aid Course.
The courses were organized by James Loman of the Safety Dept. Loman is a certified First Aid Instructor and has attended numerous courses in this area of preventive and emergency care. Assisting him in the CPR courses is Patricia Grzywacz, R.N.
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