Criteria for
Metal Powder Industries Federation
Distinguished Service to
Powder Metallurgy Award
(Adopted by Action of the Board of
Governors, 1967, Amended 1999, 2007)
PURPOSE
The purpose of this award is to recognize persons who devote the major part of their working careers to one or more segments of the field of powder metallurgy and whose long-term contributions and achievements are such that, in the minds of their peers, they deserve this special recognition for outstanding and distinguished service.
ADMINISTRATION AND PRESENTATION
The award will be an appropriate plaque or certificate. The presentation shall be made by the President of Metal Powder Industries Federation at an appropriate function of the Federation.
The award should be given every two years.
The number of Awards to be presented on each occasion shall be not more than 12 nor less than 8, unless special circumstances dictate otherwise.
Suitable and extensive publicity should be given to the MPIF Distinguished Service to PM Award and its recipients, so as to make the award as rewarding as possible; however, it should not detract in any way from the Kempton H. Roll PM Lifetime Achievement Award or the PM Pioneer Award.
No posthumous selections will be made, unless the recipient dies after being selected.
ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATIONS
To receive consideration by the MPIF Awards Committee, candidates must have the following qualifications:
• Have been active in one or more of the segments of the North American powder metallurgy industry for a total of at least 25 years. Retirees are also eligible.
• Be reasonably well known in the industry; that is, outside his or her own company, institution or region.
METHOD OF SELECTION
1. Four to six months prior to the date at which the award is to be given, a solicitation announcement for names of candidates shall be released to the industry in all appropriate media. Award Criteria and an alphabetical listing of prior recipients, showing award receipt year, shall be made available with the solicitation announcement.
In addition, the Awards Committee will prepare a list of prospective candidates from all segments of the industry. In preparing this list, the names of all living, unsuccessful candidates appearing on the previous election's ballot and write-in lists, will be given consideration. There will be no restriction in the number of prospective candidates for this list. Prospective candidate names will be carried for 5 years. If not elected to receive the award after 2 successive ballots, or not re-nominated, the names will be eliminated at the discretion of the Awards Committee Chairman and Executive Director.
2. The list of all prospective candidates shall then be submitted to the Executive Director who will check this list to ascertain the eligibility of the living candidates, particularly with respect to their years of active service in the industry.
3. Eligible candidates will be listed on an official “ballot”, in alphabetical order and shall include current company or institution. Retired candidates shall be noted and the name of his or her last employer or institution shall be included. If any candidate resides outside of the United States, the name of the country shall also be listed. Other facts, such as age, years of service, current or past job title, etc. shall not be listed.
4. The balloting process shall be conducted electronically. The ballot, along with access to the Award Criteria and alphabetical listing of previous recipients, shall be sent to all past award recipients with known email addresses. In addition the MPIF Board of Governors and the Board of Directors of each MPIF trade association will be balloted. The ballot will instruct the recipients to indicate in the spaces provided, their choice of up to 8 candidates in order of preference. The ballot shall also provide for 5 write-in candidates for future consideration. Ballots are to be returned within 2-3 weeks after release.
5. Upon receipt of all ballots returned within the prescribed time, the Executive Director shall tabulate and record the votes for each candidate. Tabulation basis will be 8 points for a 1st place choice; 7 for a 2nd; 6 for a third; etc.
6. The Executive Director and Awards Committee Chairman shall then review the persons receiving the most points to establish their industry affiliations. If in their judgment the selections do not provide reasonably equitable representation of the different segments of the industry, they shall then have the authority to replace up to four persons and/or supplement the list by adding other persons, up to the allowable maximum number of awards to be given. This procedure makes it possible for the final selection to be representative of the industry.
EXCEPTIONS OR DEVIATIONS
The Awards Committee or the Executive Director and Committee Chairman have the authority to make exceptions or deviations, due to unforeseeable individual circumstances.
If problems arise that might conceivably jeopardize the stature of the Award or the image of the Metal Powder Industries Federation, they should be brought to the attention of the Board of Governors of the Federation before final action is taken by the Awards Committee.
Recipients, by year of award
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