AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

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McCauley named Penn State Hosler Alumni Scholar
Jim McCauley (right), Fellow and ACerS past president, pictured with Penn State
dean, Bill Easterling.
Penn State’s College of Earth and
Mineral Sciences has named James W.
McCauley the recipient of the 2011
Charles L. Hosler Alumni Scholar
Medal. McCauley is a chief scientist
and Fellow at the Army Research
Laboratory in Aberdeen, Md., the
highest ranking scientific position at
ARL.
McCauley earned his MS in mineralogy
and PhD in solid-state science
from Penn State in 1965 and 1968,
respectively. From 1968 to 1990, he
served as a scientist, branch chief and
division chief at the Army Materials
and Mechanics Research Center and
Materials Technology Laboratory. He
then served for five years as professor
of ceramic engineering and dean
of the New York State College of
Ceramics at Alfred University before
rejoining the Army as senior ceramic
materials research engineer in 1996.
McCauley is best known for his
invention of aluminum oxynitride,
a transparent ceramic. He also was
instrumental in pioneering research
for synthesizing non-oxide ceram-
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ics, in which he united international
research efforts, especially with Russia
and Japan.
McCauley has served The
American Ceramic Society in many
roles, including president in 1988.
He is a Distinguished Life Member,
the highest award bestowed upon a
member of the Society. His scientific
contributions have been recognized
with the Norton, Mueller,
Friedberg and the McLaren awards.
In 1990, he received the Prometheus
Award from the National Institute
for Materials Science in Tsukuba,
Japan, and a Jubilee medal from
the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Chernogolovka, Russia, in October
2007. In 2007, he received the Senior
Scientific–Professional (ST) Employee
Presidential Rank Award.
Penn State established the Charles
L. Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal in
1992 to recognize the highest levels of
intellectual achievement attained by
those educated in its College of Earth
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Pittsburgh Section golf
event benefits students
The 2011 Pittsburgh Section Golf
Outing was held Monday, Sept. 12,
2011, at the Lenape Heights Golf
Course in Ford City, Pa. This year’s
event was a great success, and the winners
were Mark Rhoa and Mike Kozlow
of Chiz Brothers Inc.; Tom Mulholland
of Utah Refractories; and Gary Harper
with Unifrax. Proceeds from the event
support the Section’s J. Earl Frazier
Memorial Scholarship fund.
The putting contest winner, Jeff
Buszinski of Swindell Dressler, walked
away with the prize of a ceramic putter.
Special thanks goes to Alton
Johnson, a 50+ year member of The
American Ceramic Society, who
donated his collection of Drakenfeld
glasses from previous annual meetings
for participants to take as a memento
from the outing.
The Pittsburgh Section would like
to thank all who participated. It also
wants to thank the donors and sponsors:
Aluchem Inc.; Endeka Ceramics; Fusion
Ceramics Inc.; Henry F. Teichmann
Inc.; Imerys/KT Clay; Mars Mineral;
Morgan Thermal Ceramics; Standard
Ceramic Supply Co.; Swindell Dressler;
The American Ceramic Society; and
Utah Refractories. It couldn’t have
done it without that generosity.
The Section looks forward to seeing
everyone on the golf course next year!
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Pittsburgh Section’s top duffers: Tom
Mulholland; Gary Harper; and Mike
Kozlow. (Mark Rhoa not pictured)
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