Monday, January 7, 2019
During his retirement , our colleague Peter Pride would organize annual lunch get together in Oswego NY to re reunite old friends and colleagues, some still actively employed at ALCAN .Thus over the period 2002 - 2010 we got together some 10 times . The picture below represents one such reunion.
Shown below are :
Frank Whiting, Gerry Lucas, Brian Morgan, Dave Bonney, Bob Wellein, Mike Limoges, Vince Newberry, Peter Pride
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Peter was particularly fond of his appointment at ALCAN OSWEGO NY .During his tenure he coordinated sheet ingots issues between ALCAN CANADIAN SMELTERS AND ALCAN ROLLED PRODUCTS . He would get to travel frequently between Alcan Montreal and Oswego . Way before the advent of smart phones, he would entertain radio contact with truckers along the 401 and US 81 route thus staying abreast of road and border conditions .
By acquiring US citizenship he facilitated frequent border crossing .
Before OSWEGO , Peter worked for ALCAN in ARVIDA QC, ROGERSTONE UK and Montreal . In the ARVIDA years , he acted as chief metallurgist in a period of time when ARVIDA was the largest aluminium smelter in the world .In that position , he played a key role in hiring and developing a whole generation of metallurgists in ALCAN .He was highly respected for his expertise, his fairness and accessibility and deservedly earned a solid reputation both inside and outside ALCAN .
