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Kilgore College Endorsement |
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Shell Recognized for Gifts
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Longtime President Steve Ames
of ExxonMobil (right) in the photo below accepts a plaque
from Eric Newby as he leaves the GCPTA’s top office
after 12 and a half years. Newby has succeeded him. |
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Friends and associates gave
Steve a going away roast on November 6. Funds raised at
the roast will help establish a Steve Ames Scholarship Fund. |
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Dorothy
Ortego of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, co-chair
of the Standards and Quality Committee of Gulf Coast Process
Technology, presents a plaque to Jack Baggett (center) and
Louis Babin, both of ITI Technical College in Baton Rouge,
LA. |
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| Pete Lamothe,
manager of Learning Services for the Eastman Chemical Texas
Operations in Longview, presents an oversized check to Harry
Wood, director of public affairs, and Steve Ames, president,
both of the Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance. |
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2007 Re-endorsed Colleges |
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| The Victoria
College recently received its endorsement from GCPTA. Presenting
the plaque to Kathy Hunt of Dow Chemical (second from right)
are left to right Industrial Co-Chair of Standards and Quality
Committee Ed Stiles of Lyondell, Education Co-Chair of the
S&Q Committee Dorothy Ortego and former GCPTA executive director
J. P. Gonzalez. |
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| Nunez Community
College Process Technology Instructor Keith Tolleson, front
row right, accepts the GCPTA's college endorsement plaque
from Standards and Quality Committee Co-Chair Dorothy Ortego
of McNeese State University, left. Second row, right to left,
is Ed Stiles, industrial co-chair of the Standards and Quality
Committee, Roland DeLaughter of ExxonMobil and J. P. Gonzalez,
former executive director of GCPTA. |
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Jackie Johnson,
a process technology instructor at Louisiana Delta College
and standing front right in the picture, accepts the endorsement
of her college from GCPTA Standards and Quality Co-Chair Dorothy
Ortego. On the back row are left to right Ed Stiles, the industrial
co-chair of Standards and Quality; John Hough of the Louisiana
Education Commission; and J. P. Gonzalez, former executive
director of the GCPTA. |
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| Monte King,
director of the Workforce Initiative for Shell Oil Company,
presents Ronnie Baker, treasurer of the GCPTA, with a check
for $10,000 to support the organization's public affairs effort
to promote process technology as a career opportunity. |
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