awci’s 1985 annual convention · vance billing as a typical middle american city and proved just...

New Records Went Up in Attendance, Exhibits,Seminars When the Wall and Ceiling Industry Meet in

Kansas City, MO.

Each year it gets bigger and better.The 1985 annual convention of

the Association of the Wall and Ceil-ing Industries - International main-tained the yearly trend in Kansas City,MO, last March.

More than 1,800 wall and ceilingcontractors, their wives, guests, visi-tors, manufacturers and suppliers, andfriends of the industry showed up forthe wall and ceiling industry’s once-a-year get together.

“. . . national committee meetings . . .”

By the time the convention hadpulled to a close, average attendance

AWCI�s 1985 AnnualConvention

for the record breaking exhibit ran wellover 1,200 daily. In the exhibit hallitself, some 190 exhibitors — anotherrecord, up from 150 last year —presented their products and services.

As for Kansas City, it lived up to ad-vance billing as a typical middleAmerican city and proved just ascapable of attracting wall and ceilingcontractors as any other city. The tourswere packed as usual, and conventiongoers found that cities with a cattle-town reputation are indeed capable ofproducing fine steak dinners.

For those who made the journey tobe with their industry in Kansas City,the trip was worthwhile. The theme,“It All Happens Here,” was significantbecause the convention maintained asolid pace from the beginning.

With famous industrialist J. PeterGrace, chairman of the board of the

“. . . took up the day before . . .”

“. . . the actualconvention began . . .”

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“. . . Kansas City, lived up to advance billing as a typical middleAmerican city and proved just as capable of attracting wall and ceilingcontractors as any other city. The seminars were packed as usual, and

convention goers found that cities with a cattle-town reputation areindeed capable of producing fine steak dinners.”

“. . . as contractors got busy . . . ” “. . . with association affairs. . . ”

“. . . and made future plans. . .” “. . . decided on strategies. . .”

“. . . then the registrations picked up. . .” “. . . as the convention got underway. . . ”

W.R. Grace & Company, Cambridge,MA, serving as keynote speaker, con-tractors were treated to a solid scheduleof education, technology, and socialevents.

The day before the formal conven-tion program got underway was givenover to AWCI committee meetings,and a major organizing session of theassociation’s new Asbestos AbatementCouncil.

At least 19 AWCI committees gotwork done prior to the opening of for-mal convention activities. The Boardof Directors for the Wall and CeilingFoundation also met. For the mostpart, the AWCI committees holdingmeetings at the convention site in-volved manufacturer and supplierrepresentative participation and theconvention provided a convenient op-portunity for these individuals to take

part in association activities.Once specific association business

was completed, the convention gotunderway in earnest. Carolyn C.Mason, chairman of the AWCI Con-vention Committee, extended welcom-ing remarks at the opening generalsession—with more than 1,000 attend-ing—and the 1985 wall and ceiling in-dustry’s convention was off andwinging.

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". . . with a full auditorium. . ." ". . . for the opening session. . . ” ". . . and a talk by J. Peter Grace. . .”

". . . along with Mac Stokes. . ." ". . . later with AWCl’s Bill Marek. . ." ". . . whose Presidential Reception. . ."

". . . opened the exhibit hail. . ." ". . . to new products..." ". . . and technological improvements. . ."

". . . new wall systems. . ."

AWCI President WiIliam A. Marekspoke briefly, extending a welcome tothe industry, followed by Robert F.Watkins, chairman of the Wall andCeiling Political Action Committee,who addressed the question of “PACsUnder Fire.”

AWCI General Counsel McNeillStokes, Atlanta, GA, spoke on thesubject of “Where Will We Draw theLine?” and then introduced the

". . . and approaches. . .”

keynote speaker, J. Peter Grace.Grace, who headed up a special

businessman’s committee which soughtout government waste, described hisexperiences with government bureausand agencies. He emphasized the flip-pancy with which the trillion level ofdollars in budgets has penetrated of-ficials’ minds. “They talk about a‘trill’ here and a ‘trill’ there,” Gracesaid, “and after awhile it becomes easy

". . . to bring contractors up-to-date. . .”

to discuss these trillions of dollarsbeing spent,”

The Grace Commission came upwith more than 2,000 recommenda-tions capable of eliminating billions ofdollars in expenditures. To assure thatthe commission’s findings are not filedaway and forgotten, Grace has organ-ized a marketing and advertising program designed to build grass rootssupport for the reforms.


More Scenes From AWCI’s1985 Annual Convention in Kansas City

". . . and new fastening techniques. . ."

". . . and exterior systems. . ."

". . . as well as interior approaches. . ."

". . . and steel uses. . ."


". . . from international suppliers. . ."

The afternoon of the opening dayalso featured exhibit hours plus thefast series of concurrent educationalseminars.

At the same time, the spouse pro-gram got underway promptly as Non-nie Whittle, St. Louis, MO, introducedKansas City convention bureau salesmanager Marti Harrison, who ex-tended an official welcome to KansasCity.

Asbestos Convention . . .

One of the new wrinkles to anAWCI convention was the convention-within-a-convention involving theasbestos abatement industry.

Here, asbestos abatement contrac-tors—along with AWCI contractorsinterested in investigating the prospectsin asbestos abatement—were provideda comprehensive asbestos program.The program, of course, contained itsown unique programming and wasthen supplemented with the manymanagement and technological ses-sions contained in the standard con-vention program.

More than 200 asbestos abatementcontractors took part in the programand the special asbestos abatementtraining seminar was jampacked withinterested people. The special asbestosestimating seminar conducted byHarry Carter, of the Carter School ofEstimating, was likewise filled frombeginning to end with contractorsanxious to sharpen skills in this newburgeoning market area.

The annual Regional Vice Presi-dents’ Forum proved again its popu-larity with an audience of some 150contractors on hand to grill AWCI’svice presidents about business condi-tions, opportunities, etc., in theirrespective areas. This forum wasshoulder-to-shoulder last year but theabrupt, expanded attendance of theasbestos training program during thesame time slot may have witheredsome of the potential attendance away.

AWCI Executive Director RobLederer served as moderator for thevice presidents whose commentsranged far and wide in the affairs of

the wall and ceiling industry. What dience’s opportunity to participate.makes the regional vice presidents’ Contractors from all over the worldforum the popular convention pro- got their chance to exchange view-gram that it is revolves around the au- points and data with the vice presidents

and with other contractors attendingthe session.

Another highlight of the conventionprogram was the annual AwardsBreakfast, sponsored and presented byDryvit Systems, Inc., of West War-wick, RI. Dryvit President Frank Mor-silli personally served as moderatorand master of ceremonies for thepresentation of awards and recognitionto outstanding companies and in-dividuals in the wall and ceilingindustry.

Second Vice President Bill Scott, ofHouston, Texas, opened the Awardsbreakfast, and introduced Morsilli whoextended a multi-lingual welcome toeveryone in the ballroom, includingforeign visitors.

A highlight of the breakfast was astimulating address by Rev. Lester Kin-solving, of Vienna, VA, who spoke on“Big Media Morality — and OtherMysteries.” Kinsolving is a controver-sial radio announcer and writer on theeast coast and has been responsible forunveiling some of the bigger politicalstories in the nation’s capital Whenhe’d completed his talk, the audiencegave him a standing ovation.


FOUNDATION AUCTION RAISES RECORD AMOUNT

The Tuesday schedule also featuredthe annual Wall and Ceiling Foun-

dation banquet and auction where theauctioneer’s gavel came down on morethan $73,000 worth of bid items. Morethan 30 items—including the new“silent auction”—were contributed byAWCI members with income to go tothe Foundation and its work.

P. Kenneth Hampshire, president ofthe Foundation, reported on the mostsuccessful auction held to date. Themaster of ceremonies and the chair-man of the auction committee was T.Gilley Hickman, of Dallas, TX. Acrowd of nearly 600 contractors andguests attended the event.

By Wednesday, the final day of theconvention, the pace was still swift and

once the Dryvit Awards Breakfast con-cluded, the business of the associationcame into the forefront. The annualmeeting of the Association was held inthe ballroom with Second Vice Presi-dent Jimmie U. Crane, of Fulton, MS,presiding.

The “Issues and Answers” vicepresidents’ forum and the asbestosabatement training course played tolarge audiences, and then it was the an-nual dinner-dance with a jampackedballroom.

One final piece of business remainedfor Thursday morning—the annualAWCI Board of Directors meeting.Then it was homeward bound for mostof the convention goers—until nextyear in Anaheim.


Spouse Program Sets Record, Too . . .

F rom politics to living for nearly acentury.

That’s the range of interests that wasincorporated in the spouse program atthe AWCI convention in Kansas City.With substantive programming be-coming increasingly more important tospouses, the convention program hada bit of something for everyone.

With Nonnie Whittle, of St. Louis,MO, serving as chairman, the spouseprogram got off to a strong start withan address by Edie Fraser, executivewith the Washington DC public rela-tions firm of Miner and Fraser PublicAffairs, who discussed “Behind theScenes in Washington.”

The Tuesday speaker was KayCronkite Waldo, who heads her ownfirm of Kay Waldo Associates, Inc., inKansas City. Introduced by Mrs. HildaCrane, of Fulton, MS, the speakerdiscussed the full impact of a woman’schanging role in the family and insociety.

Internationally renowned nutritionexpert Judy Ford Stokes, of Stokesand Associates, in Atltanta, GA, gavean outstanding talk on “How to Liveto be 97 Years Old . . .” Mrs. Stokes,introduced by Mrs. Nadine Scott, ofHouston, TX, gave a light-hearted ap-proach to developing your own diet,nutrition and fitness program.

Wednesday’s program included atour of the Hallmark Cards visitorscenter where convention goers had theopportunity to watch an historical filmand observe the engravers and pressesactually developing cards. A numberof the AWCI people also used the touropportunity to visit the famous KansasCity Crown Center shopping facility.

Later in the day, Mrs. BennieVernetti, of Rockford, IL, presided ata highly colorful and interestingspouses’ reception and historicalfashion show. Models displayed theantique fashions from the gay 90’s toWorld War II.


AWCIs Convention Educational ProgramHad Top Specialists

The photographic montage above reflects the diver-sity of educational seminars and sessions that high-lighted the AWCI convention in Kansas City. Sessionswere run concurrently on subjects ranging from

management, to general contracting, to computers,to legal issues, and even a special seminar forarchitects.

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CONVENTION SEMINARS JAM PACKED

You needed only a glance into theseminar rooms to understand that

AWCI’s educational offerings at itsconventions are the high point formost convention goers.

Kansas City was no exception. Theconcurrent seminars and educationalsessions, whether morning or after-noon sessions, were constantly filledwith contractors hoping to keep upwith the flood of managerial andtechnological developments.

About the only complaint concern-ing the number and quality of seminarsand sessions were that one contractorcouldn’t possibly attend all the in-teresting sessions that he or she would

want, owing to a judicious mix oftechnical and management subjects.

As soon as the opening general ses-sion concluded on Monday, the con-current educational seminars got underway and instructors were kept busy forthe balance of the convention. Mon-day’s offering included a seminar onfireproofing with panelists: PeterBerry, of Canada’s Donalco, Inc.;Richard Felipe, United States MineralProducts Company, Stanhope, NJ;M.E. Herrera, American Energy Pro-ducts Corporation, San Jacinto, CA,and Paul Korenberg, W.R. Grace andCompany, Cambridge, MA.

Other Monday seminars included

“The Pros and Cons of Light GeneralContracting” with Mike Chambers, ofMansfield, OH; David Anderson,Sandwich, IL, and Robert L. Whittle,St. Louis, MO; “Management toAvoid Legal Problems” with ThomasJ. McCartney, Amherst, NH, andAWCI general counsel McNeill Stokes,of Atlanta, GA; “Beyond the OneMinute Manager” with Philip Ramey,of Woodinville, WA, and consultantJames H. Morison, Kansas City, MO;“Computer Seminar” with J. PatrickBoyd, Rowlett, TX, and AWCI com-puter consultant Jim Jones, of Vidalia,GA; “Controlling Your InsuranceCosts” with Steven Davis, CPCU of


Dallas, TX; “Investments” withMichael Morningstar, Houston, TX;“Journeyman Training for the OpenShop” w i th Donald S ip tak , o fHouston, TX, and Robert Ferry,Washington, DC.

Two special programs on Mondayincluded the Association ExecutivesSeminar featuringassociation consul-tant Joseph L. Koach, of Arlington,VA; A. Victor Abnee, Jr., The Gyp-sum Association, Evanston, IL, andEd Charles, Seattle, WA; and a specialseminar entitled “Asbestos Abatement:Legal Problems” by Lloyd A. Fox, ofAtlanta, GA, who is legal consultantto the Asbestos Abatement Council.

The Tuesday educational agendawas equally comprehensive. Concur-rent seminars were: “Exterior Wallsystems,” with Douglas C. Creed,Synergy Methods, Cranston, RI, andG. Stanton Mason, Albuquerque,NM; “How to Successfully ManageYour Job Site,” with Norb Slowikow-ski, Darien, IL; “Cost Control,” withSteven J. Watkins, Ft. Lauderdale,FL; Bill Gargano, Jr., Endicott, NY,and Daniel McGlone, Edison, NJ;

“Problem Solving/Decision Making,”with Jack C. Edwards, Chicago, IL,and Charlton Price, Kansas City, MO,“How to Keep Your Firm Alive andGrowing . . . An Executive Update,”with T. Gilley Hickman, Dallas, TX,and Tom Lawrence, Kansas City, MO;“Conversion to Open Shop,” OraBlaw, Crofton, MD, and Joseph F.Canterbury, Esq., of Dallas, TX;“Piece Work: Legal Problems,” withBradley J. Fisher, Troy, NY, and PeterSpanos, Esq., of Atlanta, GA.

The two Tuesday special programsincluded a special “Asbestos Abate-ment: The Art of Estimating” seminarby Harry G. Carter, of the CarterSchool of Estimating, Hudson, NH,along with a special “Asbestos Abate-ment: Insurance” program given by E.Arnold Powell, of EBASCO, NewYork, NY. Brent Schopfel, of Penn-sauken, NJ, served as moderator forthe insurance program.

The Wednesday educational pro-gram involved the continuation-orPart Two — of the Exterior WallSystems seminar and this time thepanelists were Ben T. Hogancamp, of

Murray, KY, along with Max O. andJerry Jensen, of Bellevue, WA, andJames Novinger, Harrisburg, PA. Anumber of the seminars given earlierwere repeated with another special“Asbestos Abatement: Regulatory Update” session with Susan Vogt, of theEPA, Washington, DC, and WolfgangBrandner, EPA’s Kansas City represen-tative. David Spinazzolo, of Hampton,VA, served as moderator.

Two major sessions on Wednesday,of course, involved the Regional VicePresidents’ Forum “Issues andAnswers” and the “Asbestos Abate-ment Training Council”; Harry J.Vernetti, of Rockford, IL, opened thevice presidents’ forum with RobLederer, AWCI Executive Director,serving as moderator, for the follow-ing chairman of AWCI’s RegionalConferences: John V. Arsena, Mid-Atlantic; Peter Berry, Mid-Central; BillR. Gargano, Jr., Northeast; BillKnopf, Northwest; William A. Bell,Southeast; T. Gil ley Hickman,Southwest, and Thomas M. Flynn,Western.


HARRY J. VERNETTl NEW AWCI PRESIDENT

Harry J. Vernetti, president of Mid-States Construction Systems,

Rockford, IL, has been unanimouslyelected as president of the Associationof the Wall and Ceiling Industries-International for the coming term.

He will take office starting the newfiscal year on July 1, 1985. Vernettiand other officers for the coming fiscalyear were approved in a mail ballotsent to the AWCI membership onJanuary 2, 1985.

Longtime Member . . .

A longtime member of AWCI,Vernetti served as Bylaws Chairmanfor the association for more than 15years. In 1975 he had been picked togo “into the chairs”—appointed to theexecutive committee which wouldultimately lead to AWCI’s top volun-teer executive post-but declined theoffer in order to spend more time withhis children.

He remained active in associationaffairs, though, serving as chairman of

the Continuing Study Council and alsoas chairman of the Bylaws, Audit, andBudget committees. Throughout his 24years as an AWCI member, he hasserved on such committees as theCarpenters’ Liaison, Building Supply,Membership, Resolutions, Site Selec-tion, Plasterers’ Apprenticeship, andPublic Relations.

He and his wife, the former BunnieAmbrose, live in Rockford where theyare the parents of seven children.Vemetti’s son, Phillip, has joined hisfather in the Mid-States business.

Other officers for the coming yearinclude: Jimmie U. Crane, Fulton, MI,First Vice President; William C. Scott,Houston, TX, Second Vice President;P. Kenneth Hampshire, Baltimore,MD, Financial Vice President andRonald P. Brady, La Mesa, CA,Secretary. William A. Marek, the cur-rent president of AWCI, will remainon the Executive Committee in thecapacity of Immediate Past Presidentand Treasurer.

New Board Members . . .

At the same time, eight memberswere elected to three-year terms of theAWCI Board of Directors, includingthe first new at-large AWCI Non-Resident Board member under the newbylaws. The new non-resident is JackFrost, of Capetown, South Africa,who is a member of the City Councilof Capetown and a long time memberof AWCI.

Other board members, includingGene A. Warren, of Burlingame, CA,who is going into his second boardterm, include:

Bill Gargano, Jr., Endicott, NY(Northeast Conference); Fred V. Hor-muth, Evansville, IN (Mid-CentralConference); James L. Houser ,Genstar Gypsum Products Company,Irving, TX (Supplier At-Large); Ken-neth P. Navratil, Mansfield, OH(Mid-Atlantic Conference); DavidSpinazzolo, Hampton, VA (Mid-Atlantic Conference); Steven J.Watkins, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Contrac-tor At-Large), and Fred Treadway,Richmond, IN.


ASBESTOS ABATEMENT COUNCIL MEETINGFIRMS PATTERN FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS

David Spinazzolo, president ofSpinazzolo Systems, Inc., of

Hampton, VA, was elected chairmanof AWCI’s Asbestos AbatementCouncil for the coming term.

The Council held its regular organi-zation meeting at the AWCI conven-tion at which time Spinazzolo, whoplayed a prominent role in theestablishment of the Council, waselected along with the following of-ficers: First Vice President, PeterBerry, of Donalco, Ontario, Canada;Second Vice President, Fred Treadway,of Whisenhunt & Associates, Rich-mond, IN, and Brent Schopfel, ofArchway Contracting Company,Pennsauken, NJ.

In a well-attended meeting, asbestosabatement contractors reviewed the ex-tensive programming schedule at theAWCI convention and noted the com-mendable number of abatement manu-facturers and suppliers who were par-ticipating in the exhibition hall. It wasnoted that the Council’s asbestosabatement training program, under theleadership of AWCI Technical Direc-tor Gene Erwin, was maintaining thehigh level of participation and supportthat it has in the past. Plans were madeto sponsor an additional series ofseminars in Seattle, Hawaii, Chicagoor Washington, Boston, and Orlando.

E. Arnold Powell, of EBASCORisk Management, reported at themeeting that AWCI would undoubt-edly be capable soon of writing in-surance for the asbestos abatementindustry. Lloyds of London will beused to underwritebetween $1 millionand $6 million, Powell reported, andAWCI’s own Hereford Insurance willbe used to provide coverage for the $1million deductible. Powell promisedthat a complete report on progress todate on insurance liability coverage forthe industry would be forthcoming inthe April/May edition of AsbestosAbatement Magazine, the official bi-monthly magazine of the Council.

Abatement cont rac tors werebrought up to date on the list of organ-izations participating in the Blue Rib-bon Task Force which will be meetingshortly in New Jersey, Colorado,

California, and also with the EPA on The Council reviewed the newthe contractor certification program. It asbestos abatement magazine that hadwas also announced that work had been prepared and produced by Geraldbegun on the training tapes which the Wykoff, who is Editor and BusinessCouncil will offer to contractors to use Manager for AWCI’s Constructionas employee training instruments. Dimensions Magazine.

AWCl�s INTERNATIONAL FLAVOREach year more and more foreign

representatives of the wall and ceil-ing industry attend AWCI’s annualconvention. The 1985 conventionproved just as attractive as previousyears.

More than 14 nations were repre-sented in Kansas City. Their presencewas acknowledged at the opening

general session, at the annual banquetand dance and, especially, at theAwards Breakfast where Dryvit Presi-dent Frank Morsilli extended a multi-lingual welcome to anyone fromFrance, Germany, the Hispanic orPortuguese countries, and Italy.

Emphasizing the internationalflavor, too, was the availability of


AWCI member Karl Otto Griep, ofBodenwerder, Germany, a member ofAWCI’s International Liaison Com-mittee who was accompanied by hiswife, Lonnie.

Among the nations represented inKansas City were Germany, NewZealand, Israel, France, Mexico, GreatBritain, Germany, Canada, Australia,Italy, and Sweden. A number of otherforeign nationals attended the conven-tion but did not register as foreignguests


AWCI ANNUAL MEETING: WHERE CONTRACTORSSTAND UP �TO BE COUNTED� ON MAJOR ISSUES

The wall and ceiling industry tooka number of firm stands of na-

tional and international issues whenAWCI President William Marek calledto order the AWCI annual meetingwhich was conducted in Kansas City.

With James R. Wies, chairman of contractors became signatory to aAWCI’s resolutions committee presid- union agreement so as to assure a con-ing, AWCI contractors took a hard stant flow of competent craftsmen, thelook, for example, at its support of contractors unanimously approved ofjoint labor management apprenticeship a resolution asking that monitoring beand training programs. Because many done on joint apprenticeship training


committees to assure that emphasiswas on training — and increasing —people in the trades, to prevail uponinternational unions that have beeninvolved in mergers and the like tomaintain a strong emphasis on train-ing, that steps be taken to breakbureaucratic blocks that impede train-ing, and that the Painters union makean effort to see that drywall finishingtraining be separate and apart from thepainting programs.

In a resolution disapproving of theconcept of “comparable worth,” con-tractors agreedunanimously that theassociation go on record as encourag-ing the dismissal of this framework ofideas as unworkable within a freeenterprise system. With many AWCImeetings taking place in internationalsites, the contractors approved of aresolution requiring all direct costs ofany meeting or study tour to be bornby those participants of such a meetingor a tour.

The contractors, though, tabled aresolution that sought to bring pressureon South Africa because of that coun-try’s policy of apartheid. The resolu-tion asked that AWCI hold or considerno meetings or activities of any kindin South Africa as a response todiscrimination there.

In the final unanimous approval,contractors gave their total support tothe resolution condemning the trend totrade off traditional fire safety systemsin buildings in favor of a total relianceon sprinkler systems, as was recentlyproposed in Dallas, TX. The resolu-tion condemned the efforts of thesprinkler industry to trade off fire-proofing for sprinklering, and furtherasked that AWCI become a vehicle fordistributing to local associations theirarguments, material and definition of channels by which sprinkler trade-offswould replace fireproofmg.

In other areas at the meeting, con-tractors saw an outstanding movie filmby the Gypsum Association on thecontribution of gypsum to progresswith considerable emphasis on firerated wall assemblies. President Marekintroduced the new executive commit-tee officers who will assume office onJuly 1, 1985, and then introduced P.Kenneth Hampshire, chairman ofAWCI’s building committee, who con-ducted the annual building loandrawing.


FLORIDA�S BOB WATKINS TOPS AWARD WINNERSAs a national committee chairman financial controls that enabled the dustry continued and he took an in-

for labor relations, he’d quickly association to reach new plateaus, increasingly effective role in the Wall &stamped himself as an innovator. cluding its own headquarters building. Ceiling Industry’s Political Action

Later, as president of AWCI he in- When he stepped down as president, committee.troduced a series of management andhis role with the wall and ceiling in- By March 1983, it clearly was time


for the wall and ceiling industry torecognize Robert F. Watkins, presidentof Aetna Drywall Contractors, Inc., ofFt. Lauderdale, FL. The recognitioncame in Kansas City when the industryawarded him its most prestigiousprize-the Pinnacle Award. Intro-duced in 1982 as the replacement forthe coveted E.F. Venzie Award, thePinnacle symbolizes the highest level ofindividual talent and service to the walland ceiling industry.

As in past years, the recipient of thePinnacle Award was maintained as a


well-kept industry secret and Watkins,seated with his wife, Terry, in the au-dience never knew that his industryregarded him as its best until he sawsome of his childrens’ photographsflashed on the screen. Moments later,Bob Watkins was standing on the stage

as part of the small group of men whohave received the Pinnacle-JackDillard, of Dallas’ Storbeck, Gregory& Dillard; Vito Arsena, president ofAcme Arsena, of Cleveland, OH; JimRose, retiring chief executive officer ofthe Contracting Plasterers Association


of Southern California, Joseph Felder,of McNulty Brothers, Chicago, IL.Munroe McNul ty , pres ident o fMcNulty Brothers is also a PinnacleAward holder but was not present atthe awards ceremony.

The Awards Breakfast, sponsoredby Dryvit Systems, of W. Warwick,RI, is held each year to honor out-standing industry members. DryvitPresident Frank Morsilli served asmaster of ceremonies, and the AWCIpresiding officer was William C. Scott,of Scott Enterprises, Houston, TX.

Other top award winners included:J. Patrick Boyd, Dallas, TX, Out-standing Young Member Award; JohnA. Macioce, Pittsburgh, PA, Honor-ary Lifetime Membership Award; Ken-neth P. Navratil, Mansfield, OH,Outstanding Regional ChairmanAward; Frank P. Morsilli, OutstandingAssociation Member Award; FranciscoS. Ugale, of Honolulu, winner of the“Unsung Hero” Award; DanielMcGlone, o f Rahway, NJ, and

Laurance Fernald, St. Petersburg, FL,co-winners of the Outstanding Indus-try Employee Award; C.A. Christianswinner of a second Lifetime Member:ship Award (posthumously), and theE.F. Brady Company, Inc., of SanDiego, CA, winner of the J.D. McNul-ty Award. Eloise Brady, widow of thefounder of the E.F. Brady Company,was on hand to receive the McNultyAward.


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