Industrialist To Receive Award, Give Lecture, April 26

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University Park, Pa. -- Karl P. Kimmerling, vice president of manufacturing - steel, at the Timken Co. in Canton, Ohio, will present a lecture on "Profitable Growth Through Teamwork and Technology," will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus.

He will also receive the David Ford McFarland Award presented annually to a Penn State graduate who has achieved distinction in the field of metallurgy from the Penn State Chapter of ASM International.

As vice president of manufacturing - steel, Kimmerling is responsible for all of Timken's steel manufacturing operations supporting four steel making facilities, 3,000 employees, and annual steel sales of $1 billion.

He received his B.S. degree in metallurgy from Penn Sate in 1979 and began his career with Timken. He received an MBA in 1982 and a J.D. in corporate law from the University of Akron in 1987. In 1995 he was promoted to president of Canadian Timken, Ltd., and in 1996 returned to Canton to assume his current position.

The McFarland Award is named in honor of David Ford McFarland who joined the Penn State faculty in 1920 as head of the Department of Metallurgy, a position he held until his retirement in 1945.

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