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William Johnson

William Johnson

'76, '78

Dr. Bill Johnson is currently a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia. He is a renowned scholar in the general area of diffusional phase transformation, especially in the influence of compositional and epitaxial strains on the thermodynamic description of crystals, the evolution of microstructure in thin films and bulk alloys, and the effect of stress on the kinetics . . .

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David Gaylord

'64

Dave Gaylord founded Progressive Heat Treating in 1976 and served as its President and Treasurer until his retirement in 1999. Progressive was a metal heat treating business that provides Austemper continuous furnace heat treatment for a range of automotive, furniture and stamping industry customers. Concurrent with his retirement, Progressive was fully acquired by Bodycote International PLC. Prior to Progressive, Mr . . .

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William Truckner

'65, '66

Following completion of his doctorate at MTU, Dr. Truckner joined Babcock and Wilcox as a research and development metallurgist. He moved to Alcoa in 1973 as a Research Engineer in the Physical Metallurgy Division. He became Senior Technical Supervisor in the Alloy Technology Division in 1985, Division Manager of Alcoa Laboratories in 1989, and eventually Vice President of Technical Development for the Labs. He served . . .

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