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Spark AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY • PITTSBURGH CHAPTER UPDATE J ames E. Greer is currently AWS President. He has been employed by Moraine Valley Community College for 26 years and is currently a professor and coordinator of the welding program. He is also president of Techno-Weld Welding Consultants. In his more than 20 years as a consultant, Greer has had numerous experiences as a welding training specialist and master welder. He has written and supervised the qualifi- cation of numerous Welding Procedure Specifications to various codes with many processes on different types of material. Prior to joining the college, Greer was chief welding engineer for General Railroad Co., Marseilles, Ill., and senior welding specialist for Standard Refrigeration Co., Melrose Park, Ill. He is a hands-on welder qualified to AWS, API, ASME, MIL and DNV specifications. Greer holds an A.S. degree from Moraine Valley Community College, a B.S. from Northern Illinois University and an M.S. from Chicago State University. Greer has served as chairman of the AWS Certification Committee, first vice chair of the A2 Committee on Welding Terms and Definitions and a member of the Certification, Operations, Fabrication and Safety Committee for the American Institute of Steel construction. He has also served as the AWS representative to the Steel Construction Roundtable. Greer remains active on the Section and District level. He is a member of the Chicago Section where he has served on the Board of Directors and was chairman for two terms (1985–1986 and 1989–1990). Greer served as District 13 director from 1990 to 1997. Greer has been awarded the AWS District Meritorious Award, the Howard Atkins District Educator Award and the District CWI of the Year Award. When: January 11, 2005 6:00 pm-social; 6:15-dinner; 7:00-speaker-Jim Greer-AWS President Where: Holiday Inn-Greentree RSVP: Ph: 724-857-2750 or Fax: 724-857-2751 MEETINGS Pittsburgh Section F ebr uar y 15 - Our February meeting will be at BOC Gas Plant in Beaver County-Jim Gabster will speak on gas and cylinder safety. AWS is sponsoring a “How to Pass the CWI Exam” prep course in March with CCBC (Community College of Beaver County). See the attached insert about it. PAST CHAIRMAN’S NIGHT JAMES E. GREER • AWS PRESIDENT 2004 –2005
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SparkA M E R I C A N W E L D I N G S O C I E T Y • P I T T S B U R G H C H A P T E R
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James E. Greer is currently AWS President. He has been employed byMoraine Valley Community College for 26 years and is currently a
professor and coordinator of the welding program. He is also presidentof Techno-Weld Welding Consultants. In his more than 20 years as aconsultant, Greer has had numerous experiences as a welding trainingspecialist and master welder. He has written and supervised the qualifi-cation of numerous Welding Procedure Specifications to various codeswith many processes on different types of material. Prior to joining thecollege, Greer was chief welding engineer for General Railroad Co.,Marseilles, Ill., and senior welding specialist for Standard RefrigerationCo., Melrose Park, Ill. He is a hands-on welder qualified to AWS, API,ASME, MIL and DNV specifications.
Greer holds an A.S. degree from Moraine Valley Community College,a B.S. from Northern Illinois University and an M.S. from ChicagoState University.
Greer has served as chairman of the AWS Certification Committee,first vice chair of the A2 Committee on Welding Terms and Definitionsand a member of the Certification, Operations, Fabrication and SafetyCommittee for the American Institute of Steel construction. He has alsoserved as the AWS representative to the Steel Construction Roundtable.
Greer remains active on the Section and District level. He is a member ofthe Chicago Section where he has served on the Board of Directors andwas chairman for two terms (1985–1986 and 1989–1990). Greer served asDistrict 13 director from 1990 to 1997.
Greer has been awarded the AWS District Meritorious Award, theHoward Atkins District Educator Award and the District CWI of theYear Award.
When: January 11, 20056:00 pm-social; 6:15-dinner; 7:00-speaker-Jim Greer-AWS President
Where: Holiday Inn-Greentree
RSVP: Ph: 724-857-2750 or Fax: 724-857-2751
MEETINGS
Pittsburgh Section
February 15 - Our February meeting will be atBOC Gas Plant in Beaver County-Jim Gabsterwill speak on gas and cylinder safety.
AWS is sponsoring a “How to Pass the CWIExam” prep course in March with CCBC(Community College of Beaver County). See theattached insert about it.
P A S T C H A I R M A N ’ S N I G H TJAMES E. GREER • AWS PRESIDENT 2004 –2005
THE PITTSBURGH SECTION OF THEAMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY100 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARDALIQUIPPA, PA 15001www.aws.org/sections/pittsburgh“MEETING NOTICE”
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SparkA M E R I C A N W E L D I N G S O C I E T Y • P I T T S B U R G H C H A P T E R
UPDATE
JANUARY 2005
M E E T I N G N O T I C EWHAT: PAST CHAIRMAN’S NIGHT-ALL PAST CHAIRMEN WILL BE HONORED.
ALSO PRESENTATION OF 25 AND 50 YEAR CERTIFICATES.
WHEN: JANUARY 11, 20056:00 PM-SOCIAL; 6:15-DINNER;
7:00-SPEAKER-JIM GREER-AWS PRESIDENT
WHERE: HOLIDAY INN-GREENTREE
