Sandmeyer Steel Company Donates Gemini Monument to U.S. Space Walk of Fame

Philadelphia, PA - November 21, 1997

Sandmeyer Steel Company has manufactured and donated a stainless steel monument to the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation in Titusville, Florida, in honor of the efforts of the thousands of workers in the Gemini space program. The stainless steel Gemini emblem, which is 12 feet high and weighs 1 1⁄2 tons, stands atop a black granite base. This is the third such monument donated by Sandmeyer Steel Company. The first two were in honor of Project Mercury, and they stand at Cape Canaveral Air Station Launch Pad 14 and at the U.S. Space Walk of Fame.

The Gemini monument was officially dedicated at the U.S. Space Walk of Fame on November 7th by astronaut John Young, who flew on two of the ten Gemini missions. The dedication was part of a weekend-long Gemini Reunion attended by over 300 former Gemini program workers and other dignitaries. Attending from Sandmeyer Steel Company were Ronald P. Sandmeyer, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer; Rodney C. Sandmeyer, Executive Vice President; and Emery M. Gardosh, Jr., Manager - Engineering and Quality Assurance.

Sandmeyer Steel Company, founded by the late Paul C. Sandmeyer, celebrated its 45th anniversary in May of this year. The Company is recognized as the Country's Leading Independent Producer of Stainless Steel Plate Products, which are used in process equipment in the chemical and petrochemical, wastewater treatment, textile, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, energy, food and beverage, and high vacuum industries. The Company employs over 150 people and services customers throughout North America.

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