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At TMS’s 2006 Annual
Meeting Awards Luncheon on October 14th, TMS Vice
President, Raymond T. Miller, who chairs TMS's Awards Committee,
presented the Society's first two Service Awards to Mr. Thomas
Escobar, Design Director of the Masonry Institute of America and
Mr. Jason J. Thompson, Director of Engineering of the
National Concrete Masonry Association. The Masonry Society started
this new award this year to recognize individuals such as Escobar
and Thompson who volunteer in special, and typically unseen, ways.
The intent of the award is to recognize those who continually assist
the Society, but who are not normally recognized for their efforts.
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Thomas Escobar
was nominated for the award because of his continued and
exceptional service to the Society as Editor of TMS News,
where for many years he has assisted TMS in producing the
Society Newsletter by laying it out and editing it. The
process of developing the newsletter is both time consuming
and onerous. Escobar has assisted staff in this effort
willingly and expertly. |
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Thomas Escobar (right)
accepts congratulations from Phillip Samblanet after having
received a 2006 TMS Service Award for his exceptional
contributions as Editor of TMS News. |
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He has also served TMS in
numerous other “behind the scenes” roles including
photographer at TMS
Meetings, reviewer of Spanish Language documents and
correspondence, and now, as TMS Publications Committee
Chair. Because of his exceptional service to the Society, he
was presented with a TMS Service Award. |
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Jason J.
Thompson
received a 2006 TMS Service Award for of his excellent
service to the Masonry Standards Joint Committee as
Secretary, for which he puts in countless volunteer hours to
ensure the work of the committee is done correctly, and
meets deadlines. Were he not to perform these roles, TMS
staff would likely be tasked with many of these tasks, thus
taking valuable time away from other projects.
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Jason Thompson (center) accepts
congratulations upon receiving a 2006 TMS Service Award for
his exceptional service as Secretary of the Masonry
Standards Joint Committee (MSJC) from Richard Klingner, MSJC
Chairman (left) and Phillip Samblanet (right). |
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Thompson
serves TMS in many other roles as well, as a reviewer,
speaker, investigator (for the disaster investigation team),
and promoter of the Society to non-members. Besides donating
his time on TMS committees, he has also donated honoraria
for seminars he has presented on TMS’s behalf. |
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