Past Presidents

MTI's history is rich in leadership.  MTI's success today has been helped through the hard work, personal investment, and commitment by its previous Presidents, who all served between 7 to 10 years on the MTI Board of Trustees.  The following are the list of Presidents since the MTI's inception in 1933:

1933-34: C.U. Scott - C.U. Scott & Sons, Inc.
1934-35: Ralph Hoensheid – Commercial Steel Treating Corp.
1935-36: A.N. Lindberg – Lindberg Steel Treating Co.
1936-37: A.D. Bach – New England Metallurgical
1937-39: O.T. Muehlemeyer – O.T. Muehlemeyer Heat Treating Co.
1939-40: A.M. Cox – Pittsburgh Commercial Heat Treating
1940-43: Charles I. Wesley, Sr. – Wesley Steel Treating Co.
1943-45: Horace C. Knerr – Metlab Company
1945-46: C.G. Heilman – Commonwealth Industries Co.
1946-47: L.A. Lindberg – Lindberg Steel Treating Co.
1947-48: R.G. Sault – Porter Forge & Furnace Co.
1948-49: C.H. Hewitt – Dayton Forging & Heat Treating Co.
1949-50: Fred Heinzelman, Jr. – Fred Heinzelman & Sons
1950-52: J. Walter Rex – J.W. Rex Company
1952-53: A.M. Cox – Pittsburgh Commercial Heat Treating
1953-55: C.M. Cook – Cook Heat Treating Co. of Texas
1955-57: H.N. Bosworth – Bosworth Steel Treating Corp.
1957-59: K.U. Jenks – Lindberg Steel Treating Corp.
1959-60: C.R. Weir – Commonwealth Industries, Inc.
1960-62: J.H. Ries – Lindberg Steel Treating Co.
1962-64: L.J. Haga – State Heat Treat, Inc.
1964-66: J.G. MacAllister – Syracuse Heat Treating Corp.
1966-67: D.E. Pullins – National Heat Treating Co., Inc.
1967-68: D.W. Rockwell – The Stanley P. Rockwell Co.
1968-69: H.E. Cooke, Jr. – American Steel Treating Co.
1969-70: N.L. Langer – The Ohio Heat Treating Co.
1970-71: C.H. Knerr – Metlab Company
1971-72: P.E. Tadlock – Superior Heat Treating Co.
1972-73: Frank Rassieur – Paulo Products Company
1973-74: G.H. Bodeen – Lindberg Corporation
1974-75: B.N. Clarke – Metallurgical Processing, Inc.
1975-76: J.P. Benedict – Benedict-Miller, Inc.
1976-77: E.J. Cox – Pittsburgh Commercial Heat Treating
1977-78: A.J. Quaglia – Bennett Heat Treating Co., Inc.
1978-79: S.J. Whalen – Aerobraze Corporation
1979-80: E.A. Stenger – Queen City Steel Treating
1980-81: G.G. Van Remmen – Harris Metals, Inc.
1981-82: J.A. Ross – Ironbound Heat Treating Co.
1982-83: R.L. Smith – Cook Induction Heating Co.
1983-84: R.F. Miller, Jr. – Vacuum Heat Treating Co.
1984-85: R.A. Harvey – State Heat Treat, Inc.
1985-86: W. Haraldson – Scientific Metal Treating Co.
1986-87: D.G. Uhlenburg – Donovan Heat Treating Co.
1987-88: E.C. Stenger – Queen City Steel Treating Co.
1988-89: R.A. Hodgson – Alfred Heller Heat Treating Co.
1989-90: W.A. Junkins, Jr. – Industrial H.T. & Metallurgical Co.
1990-91: John Vanas – The Euclid Heat Treating Co.
1991-92: Chet Walthall – Heat Treating, Inc.
1992-93: Wally Bamford – Can-Eng Hinderliter
1993-94: Henry Culp – Drever Company
1994-95: Wilfred Shedd – Metallurgical Processing, Inc.
1995-96: J. Frank Clark – Lark Heat Treating, Inc.
1996-97: Norman Graves – National Metal Processing, Inc.
1997-98: Roger Fabian – Lindberg Heat Treating Co.
1998-99: Tom Benoit – Flame Treating & Engineering Co.
1999-2000: J. Douglas Peters – Peters’ Heat Treating,Inc.
2000-01: John D. Hubbard – Bodycote Thermal Proc.
2001-02: Harry Hall – Aberfoyle Metal Treaters
2002-03: John Reger – Winston Heat Treating, Inc.
2003-04: Harvey Dominy – Metroplex Heat Treat, Inc.
2004-05: Roger Jones – Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
2005-06: Mary Beth Springer – Thermtech, Inc.
2006-07: Rich Penrose – California Brazing, Inc.
2007-08: Gary Huss – Hudapack Metal Treating, Inc.
2008-09: Jeff Uhlenburg – Donovan Heat Treating, Inc.
2009-10: Doug Glenn – Industrial Heating Magazine
2010-11: Judy Rudy – Queen City Steel Treating
2011-12: Buster Crossley – Texas Heat Treating
2012-13: Jim Roberts – Eclipse Combustion, Inc.

2013-14:  Bob Hill - Solar Atmospheres of Western PA
2014-15: Jackie Peters - Peters' Heat Treating
2015-16: Pat McKenna - Ipsen
2016-17: Tim Levy - Industrial Steel Treating
2017-18: Pete Hushek - Phoenix Heat Treating
2018-19: Jamie Jones - Solar Atmospheres
2019-21: Jim Oakes - Super Systems
2021-22: Don Hendry - Pinson Valley Heat Treating
2022-23: Jim Orr - Penna Flame Industries