Educational Foundation and scholarships

Railway Track and Structures, Dec, 2004 by Walter L. Heide

RELATED ARTICLE: 2005 Upcoming Committee Meetings

January TBD 9-Seismic Design for Railway Structures TBD

January TBD 10-Structures, Maintenance & Construction New Orleans, LA

January 6-7 11-Commuter & Intercity Rail Systems Bal Harbour, Fla.

January 6-7 17-High Speed Rail Systems Bal Harbour, Fla.

January 20-21 8-Concrete Structures & Foundations New Orleans, LA

January 25-26 15-Steel Structures New Orleans, LA

February 7-8 7-Timber Structures New Orleans, LA

February 14-15 1-Roadway & Ballast Jackson, MS

In Memoriam: James M. Williams

Longtime AREMA Member James M. Williams, 76, passed away on October 27, 2004. Jim was a member of AREA since 1954, and a member of the American Railway Bridge & Building Association since 1963, having served as President in 1984-1985. Both organizations are predecessors of AREMA. Jim was a retired B&B Supervisor for I.C. Railroad and E.J.&E. Railroad, a former volunteer fireman/EMT for University Park and Croton Twp. Fire Departments, an engineer consultant, and a 50-year member of the Masons and the U.S. Navy Reserve. He is survived by his wife Margaret, three children and five grandchildren.

The 2005 Communications & Signals Manual is currently available. The 2005 C&S Manual contains 54 Revised Manual Parts. The Revised Parts also features a new look with an updated font. Individual sections of the C&S Manual are available starting with the 2005 edition.

Save these dates in 2005:

AREMA 2005 C&S Technical Conference

May 24, 2005 * Omaha, Neb.

In conjunction with the RSSI C&S Exhibition (May 25-26)

Safe and secure online registration will be available in January 2005.

AREMA 2005 Annual Conference & Exposition

September 25-28, 2005 * Chicago, Ill.

AREMA Educational Foundation. Now is the time to make your end-of-year tax-deductible donation to the AREMA Educational Foundation. Your donation goes directly to Scholarships awarded to the best and brightest railway-engineering students. The railway-engineering industry needs your support. We will soon face a potential crisis as our work force ages and retires. We need to work now to identify and train the future work force of our profession. Your financial support will help award scholarships to deserving railway-engineering students, allowing us to pass on our knowledge to a new generation of railroaders. Please see this month's "President's Column" for more information on the Educational Foundation. Visit www.arema.org to donate today.

The October issue of AREMA News incorrectly identified several Committee Chairmen.

Please note the following corrections:

Kenneth L. Wammel, USDOT FRA, is the new Chairman of Committee 7

William G. GeMeiner, Union Pacific Railroad Co., is the new Chairman of Committee 34

John T. Sharkey, Safetran Systems Corp., is Chairman of Committee 36

The 2005 Member-Get-A-Member Campaign is underway. Start now to win great prizes. Visit www.arema.org for a referral card and to see the rules and prizes for this year, including your choice of a Palm Pilot, Manual for Railway Engineering or a C&S Manual.