Fisher Retirement Picnic R&D Grounds

Alex Fisher, Gale Slack, Vince Mario, Pam Hartree, Dave Rosenplot, Bill Gusifidou, Nan Straiton, Nelle Parish, & Frank Hickey

Terry Best, Doug Young, ??, Jerry Michnowycz, Paul Readyhough, Barry Branston and Andy Kay

Kobe Steel Visiting Scientists

Under the provisions of the Stelco/Kobe Technical Exchange Agreement, research personnel from Kobe Steel could stay at the Stelco Research Centre for extended periods to work on selected assignments. Most stayed for one year, however, Akihto (Aki) Azumi stayed for two years and received permission from Kobe to bring his wife and children for the duration (1983–1985)

Matt Hiromatsu, Heday Shirasawa, "Tak" Takuo Hosda,
"Mas" Masato Shimizu, & Aki Azumi
— Canada Day in Japan 1985 —

R&D Management 1988

Keith Barnes, Denise McCuthcheon, John Hood, Nick Daneliak & Jan Prikryl
Harold Cipywnyk, Jock McKay & Don George
No. 1 Conf. Room

Talks

Barry Hong and Brian Armitage
Conf. Room 3: Talking about "nothingness"

Frank Pearce and Alex Fisher
Cafeteria: Retirement Farewell
Ray LaPointe gives one of steel sculptures to Alex Fisher

Jock McKay
Conference Room 1

Les McLean
Pilot Plant Bay No. 1

George Montgomery and Jock McKay
Burlington Tyandaga Golf Course Clubhouse
Retirement Party

Denise McCutcheon
Conf. Room 1
Senior Executive Group: Wilf Darby, Peter Gordon, Fred Hoyle, Gren Northcott, Les McLean et alia.

Thanks for the memories

Andrew wrote:

Hello Jock,

I just wanted to add to your memory list of people connected with the Stelco research centre, as I saw on your blog, etc. I remember you from the past when I started my career at Stelco R&D as a junior investigator (doing math modeling stuff) in 1982. I was only with the centre for 8 months, but during that time I had a great time learning the steel mills and processes at Hilton Works, as well as some engaging projects at the centre. I had met many people and participated in lots of sports (baseball and curling to mention a few) with the R&D staff. Although I got laid-off among other new people that were hired that year, I had fond memories of you and others helping me get funding for continued education at U Waterloo (i.e. I did a thesis related to simulating slag slop control of the BOF). I did regret not working again at the R&D centre, but I will not forget the experience of working there and the help that paved a bold path for my career.

Thanks for the memories, and hope you have a great and active retirement.

Best Regards,

Andrew Lohbihler, CTO
XYZ Interactive Technologies, Inc.
256 Lexington Road,
Waterloo, Ontario, N2K1W9
519 208-7678 (office)
519 502-7960 (cell)
Andrew@xyzinteractive.com

Thanks Andrew for writing. I hope others will follow your lead. Jock

Party Time

Paul Landriault, Brian Armitage & John Hood

Harry Deutachendorf, Gail Slack, Jock McKay, Christine Brusch, Frank Harrison and Denise McKay

Golf Winners?

Chris Brusch, Nan Straiton, Frank Pearce, Carolyn Johnston & Josie Giglione

Rick Minion,Barry Branson ,Jerry Michnowycz & Frank Harrison

Jerry Michnowycz, Dave Muir, Rick Minion & Rick Nishizaki

Jock McKay, Harry Hodds, Tom North, Brian Armitage & Dave Muir

Brian Joel

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Brian Joel, Nick Daneliak, Jock McKay & Carolyn Johnston
June 1988

Staff Photo: June 14, 1974

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June 3, 2009 Breakfast Reunion

Jack Young

Paul Readyhough & Denis McCutcheon

Rick Grigg & Joe Figliola

Garv Kennedy

Paul Readyhough, Denis McCutcheon & Rod Sauders

Ray LaPOinte, Roy Littlewood & Derek Hartwell
Bob Taylor, Tom Slack,Rick Minion & Henk Averink



Vince Mario & Ralph Bartlett

Don Quigley

Frank Pearce, Don George, Hugh Sprague, & Dave Grieve

Secretaries

Pat Kriter
Photo taken in Met Lab at Hilton Works

Alice Kariatsumari

Sheila Voce
Nickname: "The Foreman"

Dick Baird-Kerr
Taken in Met Lab at Hilton Works

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Andrew Baird-Kerr emailed me today:

Hello Mr McKay,

I am Andrew Baird-Kerr, son of Dick Baird-Kerr.

I happened across your blog in searching for anything with my dad's name on it. I also found the patent for an invention he worked on for Stelco R&D, namely a single-sided galvanizing process - I remember him mentioning this way back about 1980.

My father passed away on May 10, 2006, a month after his 77th birthday, following an eleven month battle with lung cancer. He lived a healthy life up to that point, and during the cancer bout was the first and only time he ever stayed overnight in a hospital. It was only in the final week that he had become incoherent.

I am happy that you compiled your photos and memories into this blog. I saw a few familiar names and faces in there.

The only names I can remember, and of whom I have never seen or heard of in over twenty years, would be yourself, Dan Sakai, Rick Minion, Ray Addinall, and Sasha Kosakov. My dad was quite fond of Sasha, and often spoke admiringly of his work. He was also friends with Art Scott, who I think was a security guard there.

Back about 1976, my dad took me to a coin show in Toronto with Art Scott, who was an avid collector. I was then 11 years old. At lunch time they visited a place called Harvey Wallbanger, a lower-priced steak place. It was something like Ponderosa, where you ordered your steak on a cafeteria style line. I had a cheeseburger while my dad and Art ordered steaks. At the table, my dad made a comment to Art about his steak being tough, adding, "It must have been a young horse." He said it seriously, and for years after that, I honestly thought steak was horse meat.

My dad always referred to work as "The Lab". Sometimes on a Saturday he might go into The Lab to check on the "Salt Test". Sometimes, when I was about 9 or 10 years old (c. 1974) he would take me with him and show me some stuff around The Lab. It was a sizable lab that he had, and I always assumed that he worked there with a few others. It was only recently that I asked him about this and he said that he had that lab all to himself. He loved working there: loved it with a passion. After retirement, he missed his lab terribly.

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Ron Jamieson, Dick Baird-Kerr and Harold Cipywnyk
Don George and Harry Hodds

This team edited the Third Edition of the Communications Handbook. They worked long hours, frequently on their own time, to compile the edition. They earned the respect and thanks of Stelco technical report writers. – Jock McKay 1978

R&D party

Bob Pugh wrote:

Dear Jock
I was very pleased to see your R&D blog. It brought back lots of memories. I did recognize one fellow in your group page - person 5, standing by Jim Lait is a fellow by the name of Richard Paquette. He worked for R&D in Edmonton and must have slipped in for the picture. He was an electrical engineer. He and Len Dobrucki, another Stelco Hamilton R&D man working at Stelco Edmonton left later to work in their own company manufacturing automated signs.
I have also attached some photos I had. Most are from an R&D party put on about 1968 or 1969. The "Thermics" group - Ray Meadowcrofts early group working on heat transfer problems, which I belonged to - organized it at Gil Dunlop and Keith Wilson's boarding house on Plain's Road which had a pool - I think it was called "The Ranch". The other pictures are from a 1975 Open House at the R&D Center and an Octoberfest dance in Hamilton about 1969.

Bob Pugh

Octoberfest (non R&D party): Marilyn Pugh, Rick Grigg, Sylvia Heyer, Bob Pugh, Rick’s wife, Klaus Heyer, 2 friends of Rick Grigg?

Pilot plant employee and wife,and Armand Allard and wife

Gil Dunlop’s wife

Secretary?,?

Klaus Heyer, Jim?, German Transfer Student?

Charley?, and Mary and Andy Kay

Frank Markus’s wife, Bob Pugh, Frank Markus, ?

Peter Rhee and Wife

Keith Wilson and Gil Dunlop


Jock and Denise McKay, and others

Lorne Murphy and others

Jock McKay, and Murray Thomson

?, Stu McKechnie, Arlene McKechnie, Ray Meadowcroft, ?, Marilyn Pugh

Ray Addinall, Don Harris, Ray Meadowcroft and Marilyn Pugh

Charley?, and Andy Kay

German Transfer Student and Wife?,and Pat and Henry Paulencu

Howard Meilach on guitar

Denise McKay, Ray Addinall, and Klaus Heyer

Roy Littlewood, Howard Meilach and Ray Addinall

Gene and Doreen Thom

Lorne Murphy, Wife and Pilot plant employee?, Ray Addinall, and Dave Pyle

German Transfer Student?, Frank Markus’s wife, student’s Wife?, and Frank Markus

Gil Dunlop, Mary Kay, and Andy Kay

Gil Dunlop’s wife, and Gil

Keith Wilson & Simonne Allard

R&D Open House:
Bob Pugh and Family, 1975