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Appendix B
GUEST CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY
Guest speakers from the titanium industry met with the panel, in a
group or individually, to present their views on the status and direction
of the industry. The following individuals participated in the meetings
held in Washington, D.C., on March 11-13, 1981: Joseph W. Byrne,
President, TOT Division, Titanium Corporation of America (assisted by
Ward W. Minkler); Rod F. Simenz, Department Manager, Materials and
Processes, Lockheed California Corporation; Edward N. Agua, Director,
Materials Research, Gould Laboratories, Gould, Inc .; George B. Cobel,
President, D-H Titanium Company; Dominic M. Strollo, Vice President,
Marketing, RMI Company (assisted by P. F. Helton and M. L. Esch); Donald
H. Turner, Vice President, Titanium Alloy Operations, HOWMET Turbine
Components Corporation; Allen H. Freedman, Manager-Metallics, Northrup
Corporation; Donald D . Goehler, Manager-7 57 Materials Technology, Boeing
Commercial Airplane Company; Robert L. Kane, President, Titanium
Industries Corporation; William A. Owczarski, Manager, Technical
Planning, P&W Aircraf t Group, United Technologies (arranged by J. ~ .
bloore); and Kenneth W. Stalker, Materials and Process Laboratories, Gas
Turbine Engine Development, General Electric Company (arranged by R. F.
Wo jcieszak, Manager) .
Other individuals met with the panel or with some members of the
panel to di scuss narrow topic areas of concern in the study: On
April 7, 1981, Larry Blakely, Designer, Boeing Commercial Aircraf t
Company, discussed titanium in new commercial aircraft designs 757 and
767, with panel members in Portland, Oregon. In Palo Alto, California,
on July 14, 1981 the following individuals addressed panel members: Gary
R. Keller, Metallurgist, Materials and Producibility, North American
Aircraft Division, Rockwell International, discussed titanium needs in
the B-1 program and other military aircraft systems; Ward W. Minkler,
President, Transition Metals Associates, Inc., discussed the inner
workings and current problems of the IT. S. titanium industry; and William
0. Nisbet, International Titanium, Inc., discussed the status and plans
for the ITI new titanium sponge facility (assisted by E. F. Baroch and I.
Suzuki ~ .
Separate individual meetings were held in Washington, D.C., in June
and August 1981 by N. E. Promisel, panel member, and G. Economos, stat f
off icer, to discuss the factors af f ecting changes in the U. S . titanium
industry and comparisons with foreign technology. The individuals
participating were: Ward W. Minkler, President, Transition Metals
Associates, Inc .; Harold D. Kessler, Do rector, Technology and Market
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Planning, Titanium Alloy Operations, HOWMET Turbine Components
Corporation; and I. Perl~utter, Consultant, Dayton, Ohio (retired from
the Air Force Materials Laboratory).
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