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In Memoriam NACE International Corporate Members L ongtime N A C E International member Arthur C. "Scotty" Flory passed away on March 19, 2013, at his home in Lafayette, Louisiana at the age of 88. Flory was born on January 14, 1925 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and lived the majority of his life in Houston, Texas. He resided in Lafayette for the past seven years. A veteran of the United States Navy, Flory served as a deck torpedo gunner on the battleship Tangey in the South Pacifc Theater during the time period immediately after the attack of Pearl Harbor. After discharge from the Navy, he attended Texas A&M; University, graduating in 1950 with a degree in chemical engineering. He used this education to begin a career in the sales of protective coatings for pipelines, working for the Mavor-Kelly Co. in Houston, where eventually he rose to chief executive offcer and was principle owner of the company for many years. Flory was very active in NACE. He served as NACE president in 1976-1977 and was a NACE instructor and inspector. He was among the founders of the highly acclaimed NACE Coating Inspector Program, now in its 30th year. He was on the original committee that founded the NACE Endowment in 1986, which eventually evolved into what is now the NACE Foundation. He was honored with a NACE Foundation Founder's Award in 2009. Flory was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Peggy Jean Crosby Flory, who passed away on November 30, 2012 at the age of 86. He is also preceded in death by two sisters and one brother. He is survived by sons Chris Flory (Nancy), Keith Flory (Pam), David Flory (Dale), Ray Conrad (Carol), and Jerry Conrad; daughter Claire Conrad; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. NACE International, Vol. 52, No. 5 MP publishes the names of all Diamond and Gold Corporate Members in each issue, in addition to that month's new corporate members of all levels. Following are the companies that are in these categories as of March 15, 2013: Diamond ■■ Asian Petroleum FMC, Denver, Colorado ■■ BP Exploration & Production Operating Company, Middlesex, United Kingdom ■■ Carboline Co. ■■ Champion Technologies, Houston, Texas ■■ Corrpro, Houston, Texas ■■ Crompion International, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ■■ Denso North America, Houston, Texas ■■ DNV, Dublin, Ohio ■■ Elcometer, Rochester Hills, Michigan ■■ Exova, West Midlands, United Kingdom ■■ International Paint, LLC, Strongsville, Ohio ■■ MATCOR, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania ■■ MESA, Tulsa, Oklahoma ■■ National Grid, Waltham, Massachusetts ■■ ONEOK, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ■■ Polyguard Products, Inc., Ennis, Texas ■■ Saipem SpA, Milanese, Italy ■■ Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles, California ■■ U.S. Department of Defense Corrosion Prevention and Control Integrated Product Team, Arlington, Virginia Gold ■■ Alpha Pipeline Integrity Services, Kemah, Texas ■■ APAVE International, Bordeaux, France ■■ Atmos Energy, Jackson, Mississippi ■■ Baker Hughes, Sugar Land, Texas ■■ Bechtel Group, Inc., Houston, Texas ■■ BP US Pipeline, Naperville, Illinois ■■ Caplugs, Buffalo, New York ■■ ConocoPhillips Co., Bartlesville, Oklahoma ■■ Corrosion Technology Services, LLC, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates ■■ DENSO GmbH, NorthrhineWestphalia, Germany ■■ E-TECH Energy Technology Development Corp., Tianjin, China ■■ Evraz, Inc., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ■■ EXCET, Inc., Springfeld, Virginia ■■ Galvotec Companies, McAllen, Texas ■■ Haynes International, Inc., Kokomo, Indiana ■■ Integrated Global Services, Midlothian, Virginia ■■ Interprovincial/International Corrosion Control, Inc., Burlington, Ontario, Canada ■■ I-Rod by Deepwater Corrosion, Houston, Texas ■■ Kuwait Pipe Industries and Oil Services Co., Safat, Kuwait ■■ NICOR Gas, Sycamore, Illinois ■■ NRI, Lake Park, Florida ■■ Oceaneering International, Inc., Houston, Texas ■■ Pacifc Gas & Electric Co., Walnut Creek, California ■■ RK&K;, Charlotte, North Carolina ■■ Rosen Group, Stans, NW, Switzerland ■■ Sherwin-Williams Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio ■■ TransCanada Pipelines, Calgary, Alberta, Canada ■■ Transkor Group, Inc., Washington, DC ■■ Williams, Tulsa, Oklahoma ■■ Wood Group Integrity Management, Perth, Western Australia ■■ Xodus Group, Houston, Texas New Corporate Members ■■ Bayer Material Science, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—Silver ■■ HDR Engineering, Claremont, California—Silver ■■ Jet-Lube, Inc., Houston, Texas—Silver ■■ Alfadata Technologies Co., Red Deer, Alberta, Canada—Iron ■■ Dan-Loc Bolt & Gasket, Houston, Texas—Iron ■■ Energy Alloys, LLC, Houston, Texas— Iron ■■ Hebna Corp., Odessa, Texas—Iron ■■ INTERTANKO, Oslo, Norway—Iron ■■ PIP360, Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada—Iron ■■ Tianjin Pioneer Science & Technology Development, Inc., Tianjin, China—Iron Total NACE membership was 30,232 as of March 15, 2013. For more information about NACE corporate membership levels and individual member benefts, contact the FirstService department at phone: +1 281-228-6223 or e-mail: frstservice@nace.org. May 2013 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE 83