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Description:	[July 1973 Vol II No 6 page 3]JULY, 1973 THE HOOSIER NEWS PAGE 3NEW DIRECTOR OF DATA SYSTEMS REPORTS TO INDIANAPhilip P. Lynch, Jr., became Director of Data Systems and Administrative Services at IndAAP effective April 6, 1973. Mr. Lynch has been with ICI America since April 1968. He was supervisor of Programming at Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga, Tennessee, from April 1968 until he transferred to corporate headquarters at Wilmington, Delaware, in March 1970. He served there until coming to Indiana in April of this year.Prior to employment wth ICI America Phil Lynch was employeed as a Computer Specialist with the Social Security Administration at the Baltimore, Maryland Agency. His military service was spent in the U. S. Army where he served in the Counter Intelligence Corps.Mr. Lynch is a native of Monroe, Louisiana, and graduated from Northeast Louisiana State College at Monroe. He holds a B.S. Degree in Science Education. His hobbies include golf and fishing. However, according to Phil, most of his free time is spent in family-oriented activities.Mr. Lynch is married to the former Beatrice Varino, also of Monroe, Louisiana; and the Lynchs have four children, Janet 15, Philip 14, Mike 11, and Julie 7. The Lynchs expect to reside in Louisville.[photograph]P. P. LynchINDAAP HOSTS FSA SAFETY ENGINEERING INTERNS[photograph]AMC Engineering Graduate Training Program, Class Number 3 is shown above. They are, from left to right, 1st Row: Joseph R. Drugmand, Richard M. Grnya, James H. Johnson, Herman O. Kemp, Gary W. King, Douglas E. Leach, Donald G. Lemmons. 2nd Row: Joseph M. Lippian, William J. Martens, Gary W. McCloskey, Daniel R. Mueller, Jr., Raymond F. Nehem, John G. Perry. 3rd Row: Robert B. Perry, Donald A. Pittenger, Fred M. Robinson, Nelson C. Ross, John R. Spencer, Eric M. Tomlin.During the weeks of May 21 and May 28, Government and ICI America contractor personnel were hosts to the current U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) Graduate Safety Engineering Intern Class at the AMC Field Safety Agency. Ray L. Meyers, Director of AMCFSA, made arrangements for an in-depth tour of the facilities here at Indiana Army Ammunition Plant which included one or more of our plant operations and activities each day. Some of the operations included in the tour were: offices and clerical; bag manufacturing and additive liners; materials handling; incoming, outgoing and storage of explosives; bag and igniter loading; palletization; container storage; renovation and packing; laid away smokeless manufacturing area and industrial utilities.The Graduate Safety Engineering Intern Program is a two year AMC course which includes six months at the Field Safety Agency at Indiana, six months at the Intern Training Center, Red River Army Depot in Texas, and one year at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Upon completion of the two year course, the candidates receive a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering (Safety). It is at this point that they are placed as safety engineers in the field and assigned to a job at one of the various AMC installations and activities.One special feature of the course is on-the-job observation and training such as that received at Indiana. The group has also made on-the-job observations[photograph]SHARONS BEATNEWS FROM ENGINEERINGBy Sharon NeuhauserJUDY WHEAT, Clerk Junior, just returned from an exciting trip to Florida. Judy, her husband, and another couple rode to Florida on motorcycles. While they were in Florida they visited Disney World, and Judy reports they spent their nights sleeping on ant hills.RAY HAWTHORNE, Garage Foreman, is on leave of absence. Ray was in the hospital with an ulcer and should be returning to work around the first week in July. We all wish you a speedy recovery, Ray.BRYAN GRAVES, Engineer for Mr. Everett, will be moving with his family from Indianapolis to a new home in Clarksville. It seems as though the drive back and forth was too much for him. Welcome to our neck of the woods, Bryan.DIBBS HARTTNG, Engineer working for Mr. Everett, is killing two birds with one stone this week. It seems as though Dibbs spends a lot of his time traveling for the Company and sees very little of his family. While he is in Baltimore, Maryland, on business, he also has his family with him for a pleasure trip to Washington.STEVEN HARTPENCE, Engineer for Mr. Gaeddert, joined our Company on 4 June 1973. Steve attended the Rose Hulman Institute at Terre Haute, Indiana, and majored in Mechanical Engineering. He is now living in Louisville, Kentucky.DELORIS HARDIMAN, Clerk Junior in the Word Processing Center, joined ICI America on 22 May 1973. Deloris is living in Louisville with her husband and two daughters. She has had training at Oakland Community College and has worked for 13 years at the Pontiac Michigan State Hospital.Recognition for the column this month goes to JUNE DEVARY, Clerk Junior. Due to reports, I was unable to take the time and June volunteered to help me. Thanks, June.INTERNS, contd.of artillery proving ground operations at Jefferson Proving Ground near Madison, Indiana.The group shown above, Class Number 3, will complete their two years course as of the end of June 1973. The next class will be starting at the Field Safety Agency on July 9, 1973.During their stay at Indiana Army Ammunition Plant and during the days they spent touring our plant operations, the men of Class Number 3 commented favorably on the high degree of safety awareness shown by plant supervision and the strict adherence to plant safety rules by workers in all locations.DePRISCO APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DIVISION[photograph]L. R. DePriscoLou DePrisco, active in ICI management at IndAAP since May 1, 1972, was appointed Director of Engineering Division effective April 16, 1973. Mr. DePrisco has spent his entire working career with ICI America Inc. He started in 1947 as a production lab assistant and shift leader at the Atlas Point Plant. In 1954 he became purchasing agent at corporate headquarters, Wilmington, Delaware.When Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant was reactivated under ICI management for Vietnam requirements in 1965, DePrisco was transferred to that installation as Purchasing Agent. In 1967 he was promoted to Manager of Materials comprising purchasing, transportation, containers, magazines and production control functions. In 1969 he was made Manager of Production at VAAP, a position in which he was responsible for all TNT and acid production.On May 1, 1972 when ICI America Inc. assumed operations of IndAAP as Operating Contractor, Lou DePrisco was transferred to Indiana as Director of Production. He served in that function until attaining his present position as Director of Engineering on April 16.Lou DePrisco is a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and married the former C. Jane Nolan also of Wilmington. The DePriscos have four sons; Richard, John, James and Joseph. Mr. DePrisco received a B.S. degree in pre-medical chemistry at the University of Delaware in 1953. He is a past member of the American Chemical Society and the American Society for Quality Control. His favorite hobbies are music and golf.OFF-PLANT ACTIVITIES Cub Scouts Pine Wood Derby[photograph]Cub Pack No. 53 officials and winners. Front row, left to right; Perry Johnson, most original car; Pat Mullholland, winner of race; Bobby Jacobs, runner up of race; ad Paul Young, best design racer. Second row, left to right; Captain Larry Dennison of New Albany Fire Department, adult leader Bob Reeder and Cub Master Clifford Mullholland, Charlie Brown of IndAAP and Assistant Cub Master Bill Milton.Analyst Supervisor Wayne Schellen-berger, Engineering Cost, and other adult leaders of Cub pack No. 53, recently prevailed upon Charlie Brown of IndAPP and Captain Larry Dennison of the New Albany Fire Department. Brown and Dennison agreed to serve as judges at the Packs annual Pine Wood Derby. The competition is so keen in this event that the judges are on a spot as sensitive as any beauty contest.Over twenty boys turned out with beautiful little race cars, hand made by them with minimum of help from Dad. The boys use a standard kit for their racers. The race is conducted on a two-by-two elimination basis. Cars are run down an inclined ramp approximately thirty feet long. In addition to speed, the racers are judged best design and most original basis. See photo of winners.
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Collection:	Clark County Collections

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