TPA HONORS GEORGE MITCHELL'S 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO TUBE, PIPE INDUSTRY

摘要

On April 7 in Diisseldorf, Germany, the Tube & Pipe Association International~R (TPA) presented to George Mitchell, founder of the George A. Mitchell Co., a plaque to commemorate his 50 years of service in the tube and pipe industry. Mitchell recounted years of hard work just to get started in his career. His formal education culminated with a high school diploma. His informal education, which Mitchell calls "self-education," started during his high school years when he took adult education courses in engineering and manu-facturing in addition to working as a draftsman for Turner Machine Co., Salem, Ohio. His work at Turner, a company that manufactured a variety of bar straighteners, processing equipment for steel coil sheet, plus continuous coal mining machinery, provided a foundation for his career in the tube and pipe industry.