The TAPPI Board of Directors recently approved the following
individuals for the top TAPPI honors in 2015.
Charles P. “Chuck” Klass of Klass Associates Inc. has been
awarded the Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award. The TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold
Medal Award is the highest honor that the Association can bestow upon an
individual. Established in 1928, the Gold Medal is granted to those "who
have made preeminent scientific and engineering achievements of proven applied
benefit to the world’s pulp, paper, board, and forest product industries.”
Jonathan C. Kerr of Paper Science and Engineering Foundation
at Miami University has been awarded the Herman Joachim Distinguished Service
Award. Established in 1983, the TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service
Award is the highest honor the Association can bestow upon an individual for
exemplary leadership that has significantly contributed to the advancement of the
Association.
Elizabeth Etheridge of RockTenn has been awarded the Paul
Magnabosco Outstanding Local Section Member Award. The Paul W. Magnabosco
Outstanding Local Section Member Award was established to recognize outstanding
leadership and exceptional service to one or more Local Sections and which have
resulted in significant and demonstrable benefits to Local Section members. The
nominee must be an individual whose outstanding leadership and exceptional
service in Local Section activities have resulted in significant and measurable
benefits to Section members.
In addition to the awards above, the Association elects
members as TAPPI Fellows in recognition of meritorious service to the
Association and the industry. The title Fellow is also conferred upon TAPPI
presidents and directors at the end of their terms of office, and upon Gunnar
Nicholson Gold Medal Awardees and Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service
Recipients. The TAPPI Board of Directors has also selected the following
members of the 2015 TAPPI Fellows Class:
- Michael Exner, Retiring Director and TAPPI Member since 2011
- Kerry Figiel, International Paper, TAPPI Member since 1993
- Carl Houtman, US Forest Products Laboratory, TAPPI Member since 1998
- Seyhan Nuyan, Metso Automation, TAPPI Member since 1987
- Gary Nyman, International Paper, TAPPI Member since 1988
- Todd Popson, Technidyne, TAPPI Member since 1993
- Clayton Teague, Retiring Director and TAPPI Member since 2011
- Junyong Zhu, US Forest Products Laboratory, TAPPI Member since 1994
