May, 2002, Miami Florida
Military Handbook 17 is pleased to recognize Bruce Fink for his distinguished service to the Composite Materials Handbook and to the composites community in general.
Bruce became involved with the handbook in the fall of 1994. Very shortly, he was developing the original handbook website and supporting the Guidelines working group - working late into the evening with Sam Garbo and Joe Soderquist to organize minutes, agenda items, and reports. At his fourth meeting, Spring 1996, Bruce was named the Handbook Coordinator, responsible for day-to-day operations of the handbook and monitoring the Secretariat contract. As coordinator, Bruce encouraged development of procedures, further developing documentation and prioritization of Secretariat and coordination group activities. He also was constantly monitoring an often complex funding picture and promoting the Handbook to additional funding sources.
In the Fall of 1996, Bruce was named the first chair of the Building Block Approach task group, starting a new focused activity under the Guidelines working group. Upon Gary Hagnauer's resignation, Bruce replaced him as Composite Materials Handbook Chair and PMC Coordination Group chair. Bruce served in the dual role of Handbook Chair and Coordinator until December 2001.
We're happy that Bruce has plans to continue involvement with the handbook.
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