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MR. JOHN CRAIG, chairman and managing director of Messrs. Colvilles, Ltd., has been elected president of the Iron and Steel Institute for the next two years. Mr. Craig will be inducted into the presidential chair by the retiring president, Lord Dudley, at the annual general meeting on May 2. The Bessemer Gold Medal for 1940 of the Institute has been awarded to Dr. Andrew McCance, of Glasgow, in recognition of his eminent services in connexion with the application of science to the iron and steel industry. Dr. McCance is a director and general manager of Messrs. Colvilles, Ltd. M. Eugene Schneider has been nominated an honorary member to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his election to membership. ?. Schneider joined the Institute in 1890 and was president for the period 1918-20. An Andrew Carnegie Silver Medal has been awarded to Mr. Bo W. L. Ljunggren for his memoir entitled “Method of Sclero-grating employed for the Study of Grain Boundaries and of Nitrided Cases; Grain Structures revealed by Cutting”. The Williams Prize for 1939 has been divided between Mr. W. B. Lawrie, for his paper on “The Refining of Metal in the Basic Open-Hearth Furnace. The Influence of Fluorspar on the Process”, and Mr. W. T. Wilson, for his paper on “The Rolling of Sections at the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, Limited.” No papers have been received in competition for the Ablett Prize for a paper on a subject connected with engineering in iron and steel works written by a junior engineer. Captain Ablett has renewed the offer of the Prize for competition in 1941. Particulars can be obtained from the Secretary of the Institute; papers must be submitted not later than January 31, 1941.
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The Iron and Steel Institute. Nature 145, 548 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145548d0
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