Recipients: 2007 TMS Aluminum Distinguished Service Award

The LMD Distinguished Service Award, established in 1995, recognizes an individual whose continuous service to TMS Light Metals Division activities has clearly facilitated the Society’s capability to serve its light metals-oriented members and their supporting organizations.

Recipient: Alton Tabereaux

Citation: For numerous contributions of papers, training courses, and service on TMS committees throughout his career.

Biography:
Alton Tabereaux is a technical consultant in prebake and Soderberg technologies. He retired in 2006 as manager of process technology at Alcoa Primary Metals. Dr. Tabereaux also worked in research and development at Reynolds Metals Company for 26 years. He is a respected leader in cell diagnostics and cell operations as well as the emission of PFC gases during anode effects.

Dr. Tabereaux teaches in the biennial TMS Industrial Aluminium Electrolysis course as well as in an international course, Process Metallurgy of Aluminium, held in Norway each year. He is a regular contributor to the Australasian Aluminium Smelting Technology Conference held in Australia and New Zealand. Past chair of the TMS Aluminum Committee, Dr. Tabereaux was editor of the book Light Metals in 2004. He has obtained 17 U.S. patents and published more than 60 technical papers.

Dr. Tabereaux has received many awards, including the TMS 2007 Light Metals Distinguished Service Award and the JOM Best Technical Paper Award for “Prebake Cell Technology: A Global Review” in 2000 and “Anode Effects, PFCs, Global Warming, and the Aluminum Industry" in 1994. His doctorate is in chemistry from the University of Alabama.

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Recipient: 2005 TMS Light Metals Distinguished Service Award

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's Aluminum Distinguished Service Award established in 1995, recognizes an individual whose continuous service to the Light Metals Division's Aluminum Committee activities has facilitated the Society's ability to serve its aluminum-oriented members and their supporting organizations.

Christian M. Bickert

Citation: For his dedication and continuing leadership, including service on the LMD program, publications, and awards committees, and as the Aluminum Committee JOM advisor.

Biography: Christian Bickert is a consultant for Aluminium Pechiney, as the North American Representative for Technology Transfer. He has been a member of TMS since 1983 with activity in the Aluminum Committee of the Light Metals Division (LMD), chairman of the Executive Aluminum Committee, publisher of the Light Metals proceedings in 1990, JOM advisor, and recipient of the LMD 2002 Technical Service Award.

Quote: “Twenty years of membership during which I really enjoyed serving TMS, the Aluminum Committee, and Pechiney. I found with TMS a real core of famous scientists from both academia and industry with whom we tried to promote the spirit of TMS. We have been successful, I think, in creating a true web of people from different cultures, countries, and disciplines promoting the development of our industry.”

The information on this page is maintained by Nellie Luther (natale@tms.org).

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