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 ½ 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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