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SME Honors Society Founders

By Jackie Dorr posted 05-18-2016 03:49 PM

  

On May 16, SME and AIME honored Society Founders by joining the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the dedication of an official Commonwealth Historical Marker commemorating the 1871 founding of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

“SME was honored to participate in the dedication ceremony for a historical marker honoring the 22 people who, 145 years ago, had the foresight and ingenuity to create a forum for education, business networking and technical exchange opportunities among their peers,” said SME Executive Director David L. Kanagy. “Their vision created a network of participating societies that now serves 150,000 professionals across a wide range of disciplines and areas of expertise around the world.”

Also participating were AIME Executive Director Michele Lawrie-Munro, three AIME past presidents who are also past presidents of SME, 2016 SME President Timothy Arnold, and SME PA Section past chair Michael Korb, who helped spearhead the initiative for the historical marker.

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