Industrial Advisory Council
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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 CorporationScott 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 90638Ken 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 19880Cal Poly Members
Ken Edwards
IAC Co-Chair
CEO, Dunn- Edwards Corporation
136 West Walnut Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016Christina Bailey
Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
College of Science and Mathematics
California Polytechnic State UniversityMelinda Forbes
Sr. Account Manager
Kronos, Inc.Philip S. Bailey
IAC Co-Chair
Dean College of Science and Mathematics
California Polytechnic State UniversityPatricia Jones
Vice President
Los Angeles Society of Coatings TechnologyCary 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 90660Ray Fernando
Arthur C. Edwards Endowed Chair
Director of Polymer and Coatings Program
College of Science and Mathematics
California Polytechnic State UniversityBradley McPhee
Regional Sales Mgr. for Coatings
Rohm and Haas CompanyDerek 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 44092Dane Jones
Professor of Chemistry
Polymers and Coatings Program
College of Science and Mathematics
California Polytechnic State UniversityJoan Pinder
San Jose, CAKevin 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 92835Max Wills
Professor of Chemistry
Polymers and Coatings Program
College of Science and Mathematics
California Polytechnic State University