TAPPI To Present Gorog With Award For Volunteer Contributions TAPPI, the leading association for the pulp, paper, tissue, packaging and converting industry, is pleased to announce that Margaret Gorog, TAPPI Fellow, has been named win-
gineering Division and supporting knowledge-sharing across the pulp, paper, and packaging industries. Through- out her career, she has held more than 30 officer roles within the Division’s committees and leadership positions on the Division Council, while remaining actively engaged in the Plant Engineering Committee. Gorog’s service has been particularly influential in maintaining and advancing TAPPI Technical Information Papers (TIPs), where she has participated in numerous workgroups and chaired efforts to develop new and up- dated technical guidance for mill engineers. In 2010, Gorog received the TAPPI Engineering Leader- ship and Service Award and Amec Foster Wheeler Prize. She received the TAPPI Corrosion & Materials Engineering Committee Dennis Anliker Service Award in 2013 and was named a TAPPI Fellow in 2018. Gorog was the first woman to serve as chair of the En- gineering Division in 2018 and played a key role in revital- izing the Project Management Committee. Her leadership has also encouraged greater participation from young pro- fessionals and women engineers in the industry. She was named TAPPI’s Women in Industry Division’s Woman of the Year in 2025. Originally from the Vancouver area, Gorog received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. Prior to joining Hougthon Cascade Holdings, LLC in 2023, Gorog worked as a materials engineer for Weyerhaeuser and IP.
ner of the prominent Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award. The Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award rec- ognizes individuals for voluntary leadership and their support in ad- vancing the mission and vision of TAPPI and the industry. “Margaret’s dedication to TAP-
Margaret Gorog
PI exemplifies the spirit of service that the Herman L. Joa- chim Distinguished Service Award was created to recog- nize,” said TAPPI President and CEO Lawton C. Roberts. “For more than three decades, she has volunteered her expertise, time, and leadership to strengthen the Engi- neering Division, improve technical resources for our members, and mentor the industry’s next generation. Her impact on TAPPI and the industry will be felt for years to come and I’m looking forward to presenting the award to her at TAPPICon®️ .” A TAPPI member since 1990, Gorog has devoted more than three decades to advancing the organization’s En-
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