Amchem News Vol 24 No 1 Jan-Feb-Mar 1981
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Volume No. 24, No.1 January, February, March,1981 BDnewitzchemicalsepvicesilDinsAmchem PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Anehem Headquarters and Plarfs Equal Opportunity P0licy and Affirmative Action Program I wish to emphasize my personal commitment and that of Amchem to the national policy and goals of equal employment opportunity for all people. All of us are aware of our strong desire as well as i`ur social responsibility to provide equal opportunity to all employees at every level of the work force, and in all areas of the work en- Presiding over acquisition ceremonies, left to right, Ed Bonewilz, vironment, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex or na- Gene Snyder, and Veil Mueller-Hillebrand. `tj°::;i::::I;e Action Plans are being proposed for each In early December, Henkel of and drink industry and has been America announced that agree- in existence for more than forty qualified location, at my direction, reflecting the everchanging ment had been reached whereby needs to insure opportunities for minorities and other affected years. Mr. Edward Bonewitz, its subsidiary, Amchem Prod- who built the business, _will con- grotIP:i at aH ---. ucts, Inc. will purchase the stock tinu-e a-i president of Bon-eivitz Our programs include continuing and challenging policies and of Bonewitz Chemical Services, Chemical Services and will goals, as well as requiring equality of opportunity for all groups Inc. of Burlington, Iowa early in report to Dr. Veit Mueller- ln employment, promotion, upgrading and transfer, rates of January 1981. Gene Snyder, Hillebrand, Vice President, pay, training, facilities, and other related benefits. Amchem president stated that Business Development for Am- Through our equal employment opportunity polic}' and all.ir- Bonewitz and all its subsidiaries chem. mative action program, we irrevocably commit oursel\'es to would be associated with Am- Mr. Snyder further stated that equal employment as part of our daily way of conducting our chem as a subsidiary company. this acquisition would serve to business. round out the industrial special- The Director, Employee Relations will be responsible for the Bonewitz Chemical Services, ty chemical activities of Am- administration and management of the Affirmative Action Plan with 150 employees, is a leading chem and Henkel in the United and he will provide our reports on the progress against the stated manufacturer of specialty States. (See Bonewitz pictures On page 6.) goals. All employees are urged to contact the Director, chemical products for the food Employee Relations on all questions in your mind relating to questions of discrimination. Hi.mLEmu"I ER January I,1981 President PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS Between late October and early January the bulletin boards of Amchem were pink with News- grams announcing appointments Chatting with Bonewilz employees are, left to right, Ed Bonewitz and promotions. Many Am- and Gene Snyder. Veil Mueller-Hillebrand of Amchem visible in chemers remarked on the un- audience at right center. precedented number in such a short time. The individuals who have shouldered new responsi- Counsel after being gone for Ernie was born and raised bilities for the company are pro- more than three years. He had near Palmerton, Pa., which is filed below. left in 1977 to join the law firm northwest of Allentown. When ERNIE SZOKE of Synnestvedt & Lechner, Am- one lives ``near Palmert6n, Pa.," chem's patent attorneys, and was one is "really out in the sticks," The "second coming" of Ernie made a partner there in 1978. He but they had a high school there Szoke to Amchem began in Jan- had previously worked at Am- and Ernie attended it. He went uary, 1981 when he returned chem for 9 years and at Hoff- on to a year of college at St. Ernie Szoke here as Vice President, General man-LaRoche prior to that. Continued on page 2 EPNIE §ZOKE dier, proof testing bombs. After chem and proceeded successively his return he entered Drexel through the responsibilities of Continued from page 1 University for graduate courses salesman, supervisor, district Bonaventure in Olean, N.Y. and in business prior to joining Am- manager, regional manager (un- then transferred to Columbia chem. Successively he has been a der the old zone system), and University from which he re- member of the Development de- automotive manager. Along the ceived his bachelor's degree in partment, the Lineguard group, way, he and Lorraine had three chemical engineering. its group leader, the Market sons. now aged 28, 26, and 22. Being a member of Naval Manager of the aluminum in- ROTC in college resulted in his dustry, and the Manager of Mar- being assigned, as an ensign, to a ket Research. He is a member of Navy Underwater Demolition the President's Honor Club. Team Program whose main job Dwight and his wife, Mary was cleaning beaches prior to Ellen, (see page 10), have four landings and other underwater Ed Krueger children: Mary, 16; Michael, 13; work. Most of his service was at Anne, 11; and David, 8; all in Little Creek, Va. , the Mediterra- rison to Vice President, Market- various stages of school. The nean Sea, and the Virgin Islands. ing and Ed Krueger to General combination of his work, Mary After service, Ernie attended Sales Manager. Harrison will Ellen's school board responsi- Georgetown University Law add the direction of activities of bilities, and ``support and School in Washington, D.C. both International and Hydro- logistics" of the children's ac- while working at the U.S. Patent Fax Divisions to his present tivities leaves the family little Office. He got his law degree in supervision of marketing. Krue- time. They do manage vacations 3 years by taking night classes, ger assumes responsibility for all Tom Bueter in rented places at the Jersey winter and summer. sales activities in the United shore and Dwight is a regular He and his wife, Cleta, live in States and Canada and will re- The Bueters like to play bridge Doylestown and enjoy sailing on port to Gibson. participant and frequent winner and do so in several bridge clubs. of prizes in the Amchem golf the Chesapeake. They do not Both men had received recent They are also "water persons" league. He has played a little own a boat but generally rent a promotions, Harrison to Assis- and have gone successively down bridge along the way, as evi- 27 or 28 footer out of Annap- tant Vice President in mid 1980 in power and cost of boats from denced by his "about 180" olis. They are interested in and Krueger to Field Sales a 26' inboard to 2 canoes. Tom master points. music, being regular attenders of Manager in 1978. For a short says this probably reflects both His new responsibilities in- a Philadelphia Orchestra concert review of the careers and per- the inroads of inflation and their clude the automotive, fabricated series and supporters of the sonal lives of Harrison and own increasing interest in nature metals, steel, distributor and Bucks County Symphony Or- Krueger see the Amchem News and exercise. The Bueter family small package, and related Sno-. chestra. Ernie is also a downhill editions of October-November- has also traveled all over the flake and P-3 product lines. skiing enthusiast. Cleta has a December, 1980 and October- U.S. and some of Canada with Various market managers and degree in journalism from the November-December, 1978 re- their trailer. Downhill skiing is specialists will report to Dwight University of Tennessee and has spectively. another of their favorite past- and he will report to Pat Har- done journalism work for vari- times. DWIGHT rison. ous newspapers and Federal Recently Lorraine completed an intensive and difficult course agencies in Washington. She BUCZKOWSKI TOAA BEUTER in tax procedure. She is em- also has an interest in antiques, Dwight Buczkowski, one of To look at the tall lean frame being a member of a quester two newly appointed Group ployed by H. and R. Block and of the new National Automotive may be one of that firm's 17 (or group in her commmunity. Market Managers, is a product of local educational institutions, Sales Manager, one would think is it 19?) reasons for using their that at one time Tom Bueter was income tax service. Tom hopes PAT HARRISON graduating from Ambler High School (before it became Wis- a star basketball player, but he she saves Block's customers as says he sat on the bench most of AND ED KREUGER sahickon High) and the Uni- much as she has saved the the time at St. Mary's of Red- Bueters over the years. Two announcements made by versity of Pennsylvania. In high ford High in Detroit, a city Greg Gibson, Vice President, school he recalls parts in several where he was born, raised, and Marketing and Sales, just before plays, among them "The Man JOHN CURRAN which he has never left except on Christmas were effective Janu- vacation or business trip. After John Curran got the first in- ary I,1981. They were Pat Har- high school he entered the Navy kling of his association with Am- on Pearl Harbor Day, one year chem when he was born in Phila- later. Recruits, including Tom, delphia around the corner from paraded in Detroit that day in the Benjamin Foster Co., later commemoration of the attack. to be acquired by Amchem. This Bueter rose to petty officer, lst prenatal and childhood in flu- class, signalman and partici- ence has been so strong that he pated in LST (landing ship, has never worked for another tanks) assaults on such balmy, company since completing his quiet and secluded South Sea bachelor's degree in chemistry at locations as Tarawa, Iwo Jima, St.