WCS Presents 2016 Samson-Adler Distinguished Service Award Today
The 2016 and 2017 WCS Samson-Adler Distinguished Service Awards will be presented this week at the Symposium. The award was introduced in 2009. Named for Mr. Maurice Samson (Los Angeles) and Mr. Barry Adler (San Francisco) in recognition of their pioneering efforts during the earliest days of the WCS, the award distinguishes an individual for lifetime service to their society, the WCS and the coatings industry in general.
The 2016 award will be presented today to John Berghuis. John was born in Oranjestaad, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, and moved to Canada at the age of five. In the early 1970s, he received a BSc Hons from Laurentian University and an MSc in Public Health from University of Toronto. After graduation and holding several jobs in Ontario, John moved to BC in 1978 and joined Alchem/Nalco as a chemical salesman. He worked for several companies in the pulp and paper industry. John entered the coatings industry in 1984 when he joined NL Chemical (which later became Kronos Worldwide) in their paper/coatings/plastics division, a position he retained (with some changes) until his retirement on December 31, 2014.