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Winners of 2010 Walter Young Scholarships

Photo: 2010 Walter Young Scholarship Winners
2010 Walter Young Scholarship Winners

From right to left:

Susan Watson, Scholarship Committee Chair
Tracy L McClair, Section Recipient,
Anthony Y Wang, Deming Conference Recipient,
Andy Frohn, NY/NJ Metropolitan Section ASQ Chair

Walter Young Scholarship

The NY/NJ Metropolitan Section manages the Walter Young Scholarship to encourage and support the application of quality concepts and methodology in all professional fields through a college scholarship award program.

New Section Officers for 2009-2010

Section Officers

2009-2010

 

Position

Member Name

Telephone

Chair

Andy Frohn

(212) 614-3357

Chair Elect 

Russell A. Ferretti

(212) 672-1222

Secretary 

Austin Lin (203) 770-8276

Treasurer 

Dakshina Murthy

(201) 955-5783

Vice Chair 

Sandor Juhasz (212) 465-5647
Past Chair

Joseph Paperman

(973) 493-8444

 

Committee Chair

 

Position

Member Name

Telephone

Arrangements Chair

Satish Laroia

(732) 549-7539

Auditing Chair

Edward Warner

(908) 473-6988

Education Chair

Russell A. Ferretti

(212) 672-1222

Examining Chair

William Martin

(718) 631-2375

Historian

Satish Laroia

(732) 549-7539

Internet Liaison

William Latzko

(201) 868-5338

Koality Kid

William Werner

(973) 627-2450

Membership Chair

Jorge A. Rosas

(908) 903-3157

Newsletter Editor

William Latzko

(201) 868-5338

Nominating Chair

Satish Laroia

(732) 549-7539

Ott Award

Russell A. Ferretti

(212) 672-1222

Recertification Chair

William Martin

(718) 631-2375

SMP Chair

Susan Watson

(718) 558 3881

Voice of Customer Chair

William Latzko

(201) 868-5338

Stanley A. Marash, Ph.D., P.E.

Photo:  Stan Marash
Stan Marash
We were sad to learn that Stanley A. Marash died. Stan was a big supporter of the NY/NJ Metropolitan Section, a former Chair of the Section and recipient of our Ellis R. Ott Award as well as other ASQ medals. For those not familiar with Stan, one can get a very good description at the Quality Digest site:

http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/quality-insider-news/stan-marash-stat-matrix-founder-dies.html.

Section Officer Nominations for 2010-2011

The Nominating Committee of Satish Larioa, Chair, Andy Frohn, and Russ Ferretti nominated the following to serve on the NY/NJ Metropolitan Leadership Board for the year 2010-2011:

Position

Nominee

Organization

 Chairman

 Andrew W. Frohn

 STV Inc.

 Chair-Elect

 Sandor Juhasz

 Parsons Brinckerhoff

 Vice-Chair

 Russell A. Ferretti

 MTA Metro North RR

 Vice Chair

 Dakshina Murthy

 NJ Transit

 Secretary

 Austin Lin

 Procter & Gamble

 Treasurer

 Jorge Rosas

 Chubb Group of Insurance Co 

The following is an extract from our ByLaws regarding Nominations and Elections:

6.         ELECTION OF OFFICERS

6.1       The Section Chair, with the approval of the Leadership Committee, shall appoint the members of the Section Nominating Committee.  The Nominating Committee shall nominate, at a minimum, one eligible candidate for each elected position.  In addition, a call for nominations from the general Section membership shall be made at least 30 days in advance of the presentation of nominees.  Nominations from the general Section membership shall require the submission of a nomination petition, signed by at least 10 Members, and submitted to the Section Secretary prior to the date published.

6.2       If there is not more than one nominee for an elected position, the nominee shall be declared elected by acclamation at the next regular meeting of this Section.  Any contested positions shall be resolved through an election.  Such election shall be conducted in the manner deemed appropriate by the Leadership Committee (i.e., by regular mail, electronic mail, by ballot at a Section Meeting, etc.).  The nominee with a plurality of the votes of the Members shall be declared elected.  Elections must be held no later than a date that is certain to meet the requirements specified in the Society Policies.

Send additional nominations to be received by 5 February 2010 to

Mr. Austin S. Lin
Duracell Global Headquarters
Project Engineer
Berkshire Corporate Park
14 Research Dr
Bethel, CT 06801-1040
lin.as.1@pg.com

2009—2010 Section Officer Nominations

The Nominating Committee nominated the following for the 2009-2010 Executive Board of the NY/NJ Metropolitan Section (0300) of the American Society for Quality. All of them have agreed to serve on the board for year 2009-2010.

Canidate Office

Andrew W. Frohn

Chair

Russell A. Ferretti

Chair-Elect

Sandor Juhasz

Vice Chair

Austin Lin

Secretary

Dak K. Murthy

Treasurer

The Bylaws of the Section provides the following:

6.0 ELECTION OF OFFICERS

6.1 The Section Chair, with the approval of the Leadership Committee, shall appoint the members of the Section Nominating Committee.  The Nominating Committee shall nominate, at a minimum, one eligible candidate for each elected position.  In addition, a call for nominations from the general Section membership shall be made at least 30 days in advance of the presentation of nominees.  Nominations from the general Section membership shall require the submission of a nomination petition, signed by at least 10 Members, and submitted to the Section Secretary prior to the date published.

Members may make additional nominations by 4 February 2009 by submitting the properly executed petition to the Section Secretary, Mr. Andrew W. Frohn,(E-mail: nomination@metro-asq.org, Telephone: 212-614-3357).

First Annual Walter Young Scholarship is Awarded to Supriya Mishra

The NY/NJ Metropolitan Section is extremely proud to announce a winner for its first Walter Young Scholarship Award. Miss Supriya Mishra, of Ossining High School has been selected as the 2007 for an award of $4,000. This year’s award ceremony was held at the spectacular Rainbow Room after a wonderful tour of NBC studios.

Photo: Supriya Mishra receives scholarship award
Supriya Mishra receives the 1st annual Walter Young Scholarship

The pictures shows left to right Suoriya Misgra, Andy Frohn (Scholarship Chair), satish Laroia (Awards Chair) and Walter Young.

The competition for this year’s award was tough but Mishra stood out, with an almost perfect GPA, extensive community involvement and impressive contributions in the field of medical research. She also participates in the High School Track Team, Marching Band and Tutoring Program. She has somehow also discovered an eighth day of the week to fit all those accomplishments in.

We wish her luck in all her future endeavors and also to next year’s competitors for the award. Go to the Scholarship application link for requirement information and program details.

Calendar of Events July 2007 thru June 2008

TIME

DATE

TOPIC

LOCATION

5:30pm-7: 30pm

8/10/07

Executive Committee Meeting

Spanish Tavern, Nwk

5:30pm-6: 30pm
6:30pm-8: 00pm

9/11/07

Executive Committee Meeting
 Membership Meeting

Mustang Harry’s

All Day

9/ 24 /07

Symposium on Deming’s Analytical Papers

Fordham University

All Day

9/29/07

“Golf Outing”  NY/NJ Metro Members Only

Meadows Golf Course

All Day

10/05/07

59th Annual Ellis Ott Quality Conference

Rutgers University

5:30pm-6: 30pm
6:30pm-8: 00pm

10/09/07

Executive Committee Meeting
 Membership Meeting

Spanish Tavern, Nwk

8:00am-1:00pm

10/22/07

Certification Exam
(CBA ,CHA, CMQ/OE, CMI, CQT ,CRE, SSBB, )

Fordham University

5:30pm-6: 30pm
6:30pm-8: 00pm

11/13/07

Executive Committee Meeting
Membership Meeting

The Brass Rail in Hoboken

8:00am-1:00pm

12/01/07

Certification Exam
CBA,CMQ/OE,CQI,CQT,SSBB,CHA, CRE

Fordham University

All Week

12/03-07/07

Deming Conference on Applied Statistics -Satish Laroia Lead

Tropicana Hotel

5:30pm-6: 30pm
6:30pm-8: 00pm

1/08/08

Executive Committee Meeting
 Membership Meeting

Spanish Tavern, Nwk

12:30 -3:30pm

02/02/08

New York Transit Museum  Guided Tour – Joe B. and Eric Lead

NY Transit Museum

6:00pm-9: 30pm

2/15/08

General Section Meeting and Spouse Night -“Wine Tasting”

Pasanella & Sons. 

8:00am-1:00pm

3/01/08

Certification Exam
CBA,CMQ/OE,CQI,CQT,SSBB,CHA, CRE

Fordham University

5:30pm-6: 30pm
6:30pm-8: 00pm

3/11/08

Executive Committee Meeting
 Membership Meeting

Seabra’s Rodizio,

6:00pm-8: 30pm

3/14/08

NJ Pharmaceutical Dinner Meeting

Spanish Tavern, Mountainside

5:30pm-6: 30pm
6:30pm-8: 00pm

4/08/08

Executive Committee Meeting
 Membership Meeting

Mustang Harry’s

5:30pm-6: 30pm
6:30pm-8: 00pm

5/13/08

Executive Committee Meeting
 Membership Meeting

Spanish Tavern, Nwk

All Week

5/05-5/07/08

ASQ   Annual World Conference on Quality and Improvement.  

Houston, Texas

8:00am-1:00pm

6/1/08

Certification Exam   
(CCT,CQA,CQE,CQIA,CQPA,SSGB, CSQE)

Fordham University

5:00pm-7: 30pm

6/10/08

Executive Committee Meeting
 Membership Meeting

Spanish Tavern, Nwk

Continue reading Calendar of Events July 2007 thru June 2008

2006 Certification Results

Congratulations to the following members who recently passed their ASQ Certification Examinations in June.

Certified Quality Auditor:
Leana S. Rahman
Michael Dodoo
Kristen P. Force
James R. Jenkins
Symon G. Syjongtian

Certified Quality Engineer:
Phillip Fischer

Certified Improvement Associate:
Nidal Eid

Six Sigma Green Belt
Kris R. Crosby

Certified Software Quality Engineer
Shachar Kedem