Multi-Purpose Pilot Line

The Line was housed in the Finishing Pilot-Plant Bay of the Research Centre. In this photo, a galvanizing test is underway.

February 3rd: R&D Retirees' Breakfast

Bill Krestynski, Klaus Heyer, Tom Slack, Frank Pearce & Jock McKay

Don George

[Don announced that although he underwent a successful cancer operation last summer, his oncologist says that he needs another operation to remove another spot of cancer. His colleagues offered their hopes and prayers for another successful operation.]

Bill Krestynski, Rick Minion & Dan Andrusko

Henk Averink, Klaus Heyer & Gord Roeder

No food for the wicked?
Sinners: Al Wilkins, Nick Daneliak, Frank Pearce, Tom Slack, Bob Taylor & Joe Figliola

Breakfast get together: Wed February 3, 2010

Hello all my fellow Stelco retirees,

I hope everyone is well. This is meant to be a reminder for you to keep the morning of Feb 3rd open for our breakfast gathering.

As always it is at:

Place: Smitty's Restaurant
1035 Brant Street
(NE corner of Brant Street and Plains Road)

Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

We have a room reserved at the back of the restaurant.
Hope you can attend.
Our next get together after this one will be Wednesday June 2nd, 2010.
If you happen to have email addresses of any of our fellow retirees that you know of that are different to the ones above, could you please pass it on to me so that I can get in touch with as many people as possible. I know that they can change quite often.
Take care,
Rick Minion

Pondering

John Marshall

Patching up Wounds?

First Aid Committee March 1986

Bill Ansley, Bob Milsop, Bob Taylor & Pauline Williams

Hard Day at the Office?

Rod Saunders, Nick Daneliak, Roy Littlewood, Frank Pearce, Ray Addinall & Jock McKay

Pat Paulencu

Pat Paulencu (nee Kriter) passed away on Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009.
Pat was one of the charter members of the R&D Department. She took on, with enthusiasm, the role of social secretary and arranged department Christmas parties, picnics, and dances. She had a generous nature and a kind heart.

Visitation at Smith's Funeral Home on Guelph Line.

George Ikeda and Don George

Don George, Henry Paulencu and Jock McKay

More Christmas Festivities at the Centre

Happy Memories to everyone!
(Click on the photos to enlarge them)

Henry Paulencu (standing blue sweater) & Pat Paulencu (standing red dress )

Christine McCutcheon nee Brusch

Grandson Greg Eberhard & Jock McKay

Stu McKechnie, Gord Roeder, Clint Telfor, Steve Koprich, George Maudsley, Ted Parker, Dan Sakai, Brian Armitage, partial (?)

Day before Christmas
Singing Christmas Carols in the Cafeteria Room.

Steltech Officially Announced, July 1, 1989

Jock McKay
Pondering retirement

In May 1989, Jock McKay informed senior company executives that he planned to retire at the end of the year (1989). Both his official retirement notice and the notice that the R&D Department would be amalgamated into Steltech occurred on July 1st.

Steltech was a subsidiary company of Stelco Inc. formed to provide technology support to the operating and marketing divisions, and to market on a global scale, Stelco technology, e.g. Coilbox, and operational know-how. Les McLean, VP and CEO, headed this new new company.

As of September 1988, the members of Steltech were as follows:
ABELEV, Sima ∴ AMBLER, Paul ∴ ANDRUSKO, Dan ∴ ANSLEY, Bill ∴ ANTOLIN, Albino ∴ ARMITAGE, Brian ∴ AVERINK, Henk ∴ BARNES, Keith ∴ BARTLETT, Ralph ∴ GATT, Bob ∴ BEATON, Elaine ∴ BEDI, Sunja ∴ BERRY, Scott ∴ BEST, Terry ∴ BOILEAU, Cheryl ∴ BOLUK, Tam ∴ BRANSTON, Barry ∴ BROSTROM, Mark ∴ BUCK, Barb
∴ BURYTA, Helen ∴ BYCKALO, Marie ∴ CAMERON, Ian ∴ CASWELL, Nick ∴ CERNILE, George ∴ CHANDLER, Mike ∴ CHAPMAN, George ∴ CHERNISH, Ed ∴ CIPYWNYK, Harold ∴ CLAYTON, Cathy ∴ COATS, Doug ∴ D'AMICO, Tony ∴ D`ANGELO, Marco ∴ DANELIAK, Nick ∴ DAUFENBACH, Peter ∴ DAVIS, Larry ∴ DEUTSCHENDORF, Harry ∴ DI VALENTINO, Tony ∴ DUMITRU, Lucy ∴ DUNLOP, Gil ∴ ENGLEFIELD, Les ∴ FEATONBY, Anne ∴ FIGLlOLA, Joe ∴ FINN, Mike ∴ FORTIER, Ray ∴ FOSSEN, Eric ∴ FRENCH, Mike ∴ GASBARRE, Leno ∴ GEORGE, Don ∴ GRIEVE, David ∴ GRIGG, Rick ∴ GRIS, Brad ∴ HAMMOND, Paul ∴ HAMMOND, Ray ∴ HARRIS, Don ∴ HARRISON, Frank ∴ HARTREE, Pam ∴ HARVEY, Andy ∴ HEYER, Klaus ∴ HODDS, Harry ∴ HODGINS, Bob ∴ HOGBEN, Peter ∴ HONG, Barry ∴ HOOD, John ∴ HUNTER, Bob ∴ JOEL, Brian ∴ JOHNSTON, Carolyn ∴ KARIM, Karim ∴ KEEN, Bob ∴ KIRKLAND, Kelvin ∴ KOMADOWSKI, Dennis ∴ KOPRICH, Steve ∴ KORABI, Tarif ∴ KRAUSHAAR, AI ∴ KRESTYNSKI, Bill ∴ LAIT, Jim ∴ LAMB, Mike ∴ LANDRIAULT, Paul ∴ LAPOINTE, Ray ∴ LAWLER, Rick ∴ LAWRYNOWICZ, Witek ∴ LeBLANC, Nicole ∴ LeCLAIR, Dave ∴ MAGEE, Ken ∴ MAKOVICZKI, Tim ∴ MARCEAU, Yvan ∴ MARCMNICA, Marek ∴ MARINO, Vince ∴ MARZETI, Rob ∴ MATICH, Joe ∴ McCALLUM, Kevin ∴ McCUTCHEON, Christine ∴ McCUTCHEON, Dennis ∴ McDONALD, Rob ∴ McKAY, Jock ∴ McKENNEY, Carl ∴ McLEAN, Les ∴ MlCHNOWYCZ, Jerry ∴ MILLSOP, Bob ∴ MINION, Rick ∴ MORROW, Sandy ∴ MUIR, Dave ∴ MURPHY, Lorne ∴ MUZAK, Nick ∴ NISHIZAKI, Rick ∴ NOWOSIADLY, Bill ∴ 0`CONNELL, Carol ∴ 0`LEARY, Kevin ∴ OLIVER, Dennis ∴ OLMSTED, John ∴ OSBORNE, Colin ∴ OSWALD, Steve ∴ OTTERMAN, Blair ∴ OVERBY, Dave ∴ PATERSON, Gene ∴ PAULENCU, Henry ∴ PELL, Nancy ∴ PETRONE, Steve ∴ PEVATTO, Iano ∴ PRESS, Roger ∴ PRIKRYL, Jan ∴ PUGH, Bob ∴ PUSKAS, Joe ∴ PYLE, Dave ∴ QUIGLEY, Don ∴ RADO, Les ∴ READYHOUGH, Paul ∴ REID, Gary ∴ RENNIE, Jim ∴ RENZETTI, Mark ∴ ROBERTS, Joanne ∴ ROEDER, Gord ∴ ROSENPLOT, David ∴ RYKS, Andy ∴ SAKAI, Dan ∴ SAKAKI,Glenn ∴ SCHOEN, Emeric ∴ SLACK, Tom ∴ SMITIUCH, Bill ∴ SOKOLOWSKI, Jerz ∴ STACHCIWIAK, Remy ∴ STANWAY, Linda ∴ STRATTON, Nan ∴ STRATTON, Brooke ∴ STYAN, Cathy ∴ TAYLOR, Bob ∴ THOMSON, John ∴ TOZER, Peter ∴ TRIGATTI, Rick ∴ TUDHOPE, John ∴ WALKER, Martin ∴ WATSON, Paul ∴ WELLS, Mary ∴ WILKINS, Al ∴ WILLIAMS, Pauline ∴ WRIGHT, George ∴ YOUNG, Jack ∴ ZBINDEN, Barb.

2009 Oct 7 Breakfast

Left side: Rod Saunders, Joe Figliola, Frank Perce, Don George, Tom Slack & John Hood

Right side: Bob Taylor, Roy Little wood, Dan Andrusko, Dave Grieve, Larry Davis, Al Wilkins, Gord Roeder & Henk Averink

Right side: John Hood, Tom Slack, Don George, Frank Pearce, Joe Figliola & Rod Saunders

Henk Averink, Gord Roeder, Al Wilkins, Larry Davies, Dave Grieve, Dan Andrusko, Roy Littlewood & Bob Taylor

Right side front: Rick Minion

1988 Group Photo

...From top left-side ...
Tom Slack, Paul Readyhough, Don Harris, Jack Young, Henk Averink, Dan Andrusco. Lorne Murphy, 1(?), & Jerry Sokoloski,

Keith Barnes (Partial),Joe Matich, Dan Sakai, Elaine Beaton, Gil Dunlop, John Tudhope & 2(?),

Rob McDonald, Don George, Terry Best, Remy Stachowski, Tony Amico, Yuan Marceau(?), & Kevin Kirkland

Andy Harvey, John Tomson, Roger Press, Colin Osborne, 3(?), Larry Davis, Barry Hong, Paul Landriault, Harry Hodds, 4(?), & John Olmsted (Partial)

Glenn Sakaki (Partial), Brian Joel, Nick Daneliak, Jock McKay, Carolyn Johnston, & Henry Paulencu (Partial).


Jan Prikryl, Dave Overby, John Hood, 5(?)
6(?), 7(?), Frank Harrison, Barry Branson, Dennis Komadowski, Keith Barnes
8(?), Brian Armitage, Gene Paterson, Ken MaGee, Rick Minion, Klaus Heyer
Doug Coats, Nick Caswell, Jim Lait, Don Quigley, Kevin O'Leary
Harold Cipywnyk, Bill Krestynski, Glenn Sakaki.

R&D Ladies (Cooling Pond)

Click photo to enlarge it.

Gale Powis (Slack), Mary Lou Kriter, Robin MacLeod, Olga Delvechhio, Kay Edie, Nelle Parish, Joanne Roberts
Pam Chapman, Nan Straiton, Sue Nault(?), Alice Kariatsumari & Barb Buck

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