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PACK EXPO HONORS CLASS OF 2006 PACKAGING HALL OF FAME
Induction Ceremonies to Take Place in October

Arlington, VA, September 27, 2006 - Four outstanding packaging professionals will be inducted into the 2006 Packaging Hall of Fame™ during ceremonies at the Hyatt McCormick Hotel immediately after the close of PACK EXPO International 2006 on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

For the past 35 years, a select number of career packaging professionals have been inducted into the Packaging Hall of Fame in recognition of significant contributions they made in advancing the packaging industry. There have been 136 individuals inducted into the Hall of Fame since 1971, including four who were selected for the Class of 2006:

• Edward Bauer, Bausch & Lomb
• Edward Church, International Safe Transit Association
• Mark C. Garvey, Garvey Corp. (posthumously)
• Bruce Harte, Michigan State University School of Packaging

Proceeds from the event will be used for the design and construction of a permanent Packaging Hall of Fame memorial, to be housed at Michigan State University’s School of Packaging. Each inductee and their accomplishments in the packaging industry will be honored with the Michigan State University memorial.

The memorial will be constructed in phases, beginning with a wall display in a central location in the School of Packaging. The final structure will also feature computers with searchable information on each of the Packaging Hall of Fame inductees, including biographical information and in-depth research on packaging achievements and advancements over the past few decades.

Each year, any industry professional may nominate a candidate. Qualified nominees for the Packaging Hall of Fame should be career packaging professionals – living or deceased – who, in the course of their packaging careers:

• Have shown an active interest and involvement in expanding packaging knowledge and furthering an understanding of packaging’s contributions to society.
• Have contributed significantly to the technical, marketing or economic advancement of the packaging field.
• Have demonstrated outstanding leadership within their organizations, communities and the packaging business at large.

Packaging Hall of Fame nominees are reviewed and inductees selected by a Packaging Hall of Fame Commission, comprised of representatives from various sectors of the packaging supply chain. This year’s Commission consists of:

Joe Angel , Vice President and Publisher, Packaging World
William Carteaux, President, The Society of the Plastics Industry
Lawrence Dull, CPP, Syngenta Fellow, Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., and Chairman, IoPP
Rick Fox, President & CEO, FOX IV Technologies, Inc .
Jay Gehring, Vice President, R&D Packaging, Frito-Lay
Jay Gouliard, Vice President, Packaging Development, General Mills, Inc.
Chuck Gulosh, Packaging Engineering/Project Engineering, HP Hood LLC
Ben Miyares, Vice President, Industry Relations, PMMI
Steve Reiss, VP/Publishing Director, Packaging Digest
Jerome Van De Water, President, Paperboard Packaging Council
Brian Wagner, Vice President, Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions LLC
Nick Wilson, President, Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Tickets for the event have sold out!

Packaging Hall of Fame™ Class of 2006

Edward Bauer
Bausch & Lomb

Now retired as Director of Global Packaging for Bausch and Lomb, Ed Bauer was previously Senior Director of Packaging Services for American Home Products/Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories; Director of Package Engineering and Development for Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories; Director, Packaging Technology for Campbell’s Soup; and Product Manager for Glidden Coating and before that, Mobil coatings.

He and his groups have won three Dupont Awards including the first Diamond award. While at Ross they won two IoPP Ameristar Awards for the Hospital Infant Formula Packaging.

While at Bausch and Lomb, he developed the design and qualification of a PET bottle for contact lens solutions, new closures for contact lens products, packaging for vitamins worldwide (Ocuvite/Preservision), and the development of packaging for a drug delivery implant for eye disease.

Career highlights include:

• Introduced on demand labeling, and the design for the first of multiple packaging lines for contact lens solutions. He also introduced RFID technology into packaging for Wal-Mart and Target.
• Introduced a new plastic package design for estrogen replacement therapy at the American Home Products Corporation; designed and introduced a first of its kind labeling system for cases and pallets to speed product distribution from manufacturing plants to a new automated warehouse facility and to large customer pharmacies.
• Developed and implemented the first aseptic pediatric and medical nutritional packaging facilities for infant formula and ready-to-hang hospital enteral products in the US; introduced a unique plastic hospital formula feeding system for infants; and revamped container packaging for over-the-counter items (Selsun Shampoo, Murine Eye and Ear, and Clear Eyes).
• Planned and managed design and construction of Campbell Soup’s Campbell’s Plastic Center, a unique first of its kind plastic packaging developing laboratory and the Campbell’s Plastic Frozen Food Tray manufacturing facility. Invented the CPET dual-ovenable, plastic frozen container.
• Served as a founding member of Packaging Management Council and a board member of the Packaging Education Forum.

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Edward Church
International Safe Transit Association

Edward A. Church is currently the Executive Director of the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA). He has successfully led ISTA, the only association dedicated to the specific concerns of transport packaging, to unprecedented US and international growth, presence, recognition and contribution, including the establishment of the ISTA-China this year.

Mr. Church’s packaging professional career began more than 38 years ago with a Bachelor and Master in Packaging degree at Michigan State University. He co-founded and managed Lansmont Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of package testing equipment. He was a participant in the innovation and development of Damage Boundary Theory and Product Fragility testing, Method of Testing Shock Absorbing Characteristics that led the ASTM D 4168 Test Method and had intensive participation in the development of the current 14 ISTA Test Procedures for Transport Packaging.

Career highlights include:

• Held leadership positions in packaging organizations as Past Chairman of the Board and National President and Past Presidents Council of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP); Chairman of the American Society of Testing & Materials (ASTM) D-10 SubCommittees and Task Groups and Executive Director, and President of the Michigan State University Packaging Alumni Association.
• Led various education and teaching activities at Michigan State University
• Honors and Awards include:
  • Member of the Year, Institute of Packaging Professionals, 1998
  • Fellow Member, Institute of Packaging Professionals, 1996
  • Michigan State University Packaging Hall of Fame, 1995
• Served on the Planning Commission - City of East Lansing, Michigan, 1974-1977
• Michigan State University Development Council member, 1976-1980

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Mark C. Garvey (posthumously)
Garvey Corporation

Mark Garvey was head of a small family-owned packaging machinery business who contributed a great deal as a volunteer leader in the packaging community. Mark served the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute in many roles including Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the PMMI Show and Education committees and participated on countless working groups as a long time member of PMMI. His efforts have led to the creation of the PMMI member employee scholarship, the Claude Breeden Scholarship and the C. Glenn Davis scholarship. His company was a long time financial supporter of the Packaging Education Forum, and has a track record of donating money and assistance to a broad array of packaging organizations.

From a technical perspective, Garvey Corporation is well known in the industry and recognized as a market leader. The company’s accumulators and conveyor systems serve the full array of high speed automated packaging lines at leading consumer goods companies. Garvey has served as a leading voice in thruput and copyrighted certain intellectual property concerning measuring throughput, all of which can be found at www.thruput.com.

Career highlights include:

• PMMI Chairman of the Board (1994)
• PMMI Board of Directors (2001-2004 and 1991-1995)
• PMMI Education Committee Member (2000-2004)
• PMMI Show Committee Member (1995-1999 and 2000-2004; Chairman in 2001-2002)
• California Polytechnic Institute Advisory Board
• Camden College Advisory Board
• Camden Technical Schools Advisory Board
• Clemson University Advisory Board 
• PMMI President’s Advisory Council
• He has lectured at the following schools, trade associations and companies during his career:
  • California Polytechnic University, Clemson University, Indiana State University, Michigan State University, Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute, University of Missouri-Rolla, University of Wisconsin-Stout and University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Eastern Equipment Council of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP), International Machine Tools Builders Association, Packaging Education Forum (PEF) and PACK EXPO International
  • Quaker Oats National Engineering Conference, Bausch & Lomb, Estee Lauder, Eveready Battery, Frucon Engineering, Nabisco, Procter & Gamble and Sverdrup Engineering.

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Dr. Bruce Harte
Michigan State University School of Packaging

During his tenure as the Director of the Michigan State University School of Packaging, Dr. Harte continually enhanced the reputation and capabilities of the Department through his ongoing efforts to develop and expand his personal and professional relationships within the industry. He has strengthened the ties between the School, its Alumni, Students and Supporters through programs such as the Consortia and the Industry Advisory Committee. Through these activities, he sought, obtained and applied input and advice from outside the School regarding curricula, resources, recruiting and nearly all facets of maintaining the premier Packaging Education program in the world.

His distinguished packaging career spans over 27 years of service to Michigan State University and packaging education worldwide. As Director of the MSU School of Packaging for over 10 years (1993-2004), Dr. Harte led the MSU School of Packaging through the most productive period in the school's history, inspiring the faculty to do great things.

Career highlights include:

• Led the initiative to develop the world's first Ph.D. and online MS programs in Packaging, extending the reach of packaging graduate study and scholarship.
• Led fellow professors in accomplishing leading edge packaging research and teaching; more books and scholarly research papers were published by the Michigan State faculty during this period than any other period of the School's history.
• Let the MSU School of Packaging’s 50th anniversary commemoration; associated the WorldPak international research conference with the celebration
• Commits himself to the value of packaging education in the world economy and to sharing packaging knowledge for the common good.
• Serves as an advisor to the MSU Packaging Alumni Association. Through his participation in alumni and student programs, the School has developed a large pool of active supporters throughout the country and the world from which students can access resources for monetary support, professional support and continuing employment for their future graduates.
• Continues to serve as a strong advocate and ambassador for the packaging program

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