Industrial Advisory Council

Industrial Advisory Council

• The Polymers and Coatings Industrial Advisory Council is made up of leaders from the polymers and coatings industry.
  
  Accomplishments:
  
  Raised over $1 million for Cal Poly's first endowed chair: the Arthur C. Edwards Endowed Chair in Coatings Technology and Ecology (see above)
  Raised funds for equipment: to date over $150,000 raised for an equipment endowment making possible the purchase of a new Atomic Force Microscope, FT-IR spectrometer, UV and prohesion accelerated weathering equipment, and new Karl-Fischer titrator for VOC analysis
  Support research: to date over $350,000 raised for the Bill Moore Research Fellowship
  
  Goals:
  
  Support educational efforts 
  Raise over $5 million for new Western Coatings Technology Center, part of new College of Science and Mathematics Science Center.

• Industry Members
  Cyrica Alexander Sr. Vice President Technology & Purchasing BEHR Process Corporation	Scott Van Remortel Technical Sales Manager Unimin Specialty Minerals, Inc. P.O. Box 588 226 Baskerville Highway Spruce Pine, NC 28777
  James Calkin Vice President E.T. Horn Company 16141 Heron Avenue La Mirada, CA 90638	Ken Wenzel Purchasing Manager Chemical Distributors, Inc. P.O. Box 10763 Portland, OR 97210
  Joseph Cristiano President & CEO (retired) Kelly-Moore Paint Co. 987 Commercial Street San Carlos, CA 94070	Robert Sypowicz Consultant 624 Acolito Place Diamond Bar, CA 91765
  Paul Delmonico President Old Western Paint Company, Inc. 2001 West Bayberry Place Denver, CO 80204	David Taft COO Landec Corporation
  John Dickinson Coatings Technical Service Rep. DuPont Pigments P.O. Box 80709 Wilmington, DE 19880	Cal Poly Members
  Ken Edwards IAC Co-Chair CEO, Dunn- Edwards Corporation 136 West Walnut Avenue Monrovia, CA 91016	Christina Bailey Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University
  Melinda Forbes Sr. Account Manager Kronos, Inc.	Philip S. Bailey IAC Co-Chair Dean College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University
  Patricia Jones Vice President Los Angeles Society of Coatings Technology	Cary Bowdich Director of Advancement College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University
  Henry Kirsch President Trans Western Chemicals, Inc. 7766 Industry Avenue Pico Rivera, CA 90660	Ray Fernando Arthur C. Edwards Endowed Chair Director of Polymer and Coatings Program College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University
  Bradley McPhee Regional Sales Mgr. for Coatings Rohm and Haas Company	Derek Gragson Professor of Chemistry Polymers and Coatings Program College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University
  Jeff Norris Product Manager LUBRIZOL 29400 Lakeland Boulevard Wickliffe, OH 44092	Dane Jones Professor of Chemistry Polymers and Coatings Program College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University
  Joan Pinder San Jose, CA	Kevin Kingsbury Professor of Chemistry Polymers and Coatings Program College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University
  Joseph Reilly President JCR Enterprises 432 Cienega Drive Fullerton, CA 92835	Max Wills Professor of Chemistry Polymers and Coatings Program College of Science and Mathematics California Polytechnic State University