TAPPI Names Recipients Of Magnabosco Award
joined TAPPI as a professional member in 1990 and served on the Maine-New Hampshire TAPPI (ME/NH TAPPI) exec- utive committee for several years. She was recruited to the executive committee of the Northeast PIMA Local Sec- tion in 1999. She served as the Vice Chair from 2000 to 2008 before being elected treasurer during the merger of Northeast PIMA with ME/NH TAPPI. When TAPPI acquired PIMA in 2008, Meggison joined the PIMA Executive Council, serving until 2012. She re- ceived the PIMA Del Boutin Division Service Award in 2011. Meggison has co-organized the Northeast PIMA/TAPPI Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament each year since 2012. Michael von Grumbkow is part of BTG Instrument’s Global Solutions Team – Paper and Board. He joined Lake States TAPPI/North Central PIMA in 2007 and served as Chair of the Local Section’s Executive Board from 2017 to 2021. A TAPPI member since 2012, he also served on sev- eral committees for both PIMA and TAPPI. von Grumbkow earned diplomas in mechanical engi- neering and process engineering from the University of Braunschweig in Germany. He has been in the paper in- dustry for over 28 years, initially with Voith Paper in numer- ous positions, and in recent years with BTG, where he is developing and supporting multi-component solutions to improve the efficiency and product quality in paper mills. The awards will be presented at TAPPICon, April 30- May 4 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Visit www.tappi.org for more information on all TAPPI awards.
TAPPI has announced that Micki Meggison and Michael von Grumbkow have been named winners of the distin- guished Paul W. Magnabosco Outstanding Local Section Award, which recognizes remarkable leadership and ser- vice to one or more TAPPI Local Sections. Recipients are individuals whose exceptional service has resulted in sig- nificant and measurable benefits to TAPPI Local Sections through a single activity or through longtime efforts. Meggison is a Process Improvement Black Belt with Sappi North America in Westbrook, Maine, the mill she has worked at her entire career. She has held a variety of engi- neering and operations positions including: technical en- gineer, first line supervisor, process control and E&I engi- neer, pulping asset manager, coating operations manager, manufacturing operations manager, and technical director. She served on Sappi’s Sustainability Council from 2010 to 2022, collaborating with colleagues to develop and ex- ecute strategic goals and objectives. Meggison was the first Engineer-in-Residence at the University of Southern Maine and served on the university’s Engineering Adviso- ry Board from 2012-2021. Meggison became involved with the TAPPI/PIMA Stu- dent Chapter as a freshman at University of Maine and served as chapter Vice President in her senior year. She
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