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(C-V) was also instrumental in the publication of three associated standards
on methods of magnetic memory (ISO 24497 1-3) that had originated in that Commission,
and were published on 5 November 2007.
Despite a continuing discourse with ISO on procedural items, including those within
IIW itself, there was steady progress almost on all fronts regarding the development of
standards and technical reports. At the July 2007 meeting of SC-STAND in Dubrovnik
it was announced that the committee would now be known as a Working Group (WG-
STAND) under the direction of the IIW Board of Directors. At the same time, Shackleton
was reappointed as the Chair of the Working Group for a further three years. During this
period, Shackleton was to announce the appointment of a new Standards Officer, Mr Michel
Rousseau (France), as a replacement for Ziegenfuss.
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Rousseau’s tenure was relatively short and he was then replaced by
Mr Andrew Davis (USA) from 1 January 2012. In addition to his duties
for the AWS, Davis was quick to show his attributes as a highly competent
person who had an extensive background in international
standards and was soon to establish himself in that
position, one that AWS kindly supported from a
financial point of view. Ziegenfuss, though, still
remained on WG-STAND and was always ready
to offer his wise counsel whenever it was needed.
Ziegenfuss had a unique record, never likely to be
broken, having been continuously involved in SC-
STAND, then WG-STAND, since he first began his
involvement in IIW standards as the US delegate in
1984, and had participated in every meeting since, a
total of 62 consecutive meetings.
In recognition of this achievement and his outstanding service
to IIW in standardisation, Ziegenfuss received the Thomas Medal
Award from Mr David Landon, President of AWS, at the opening
ceremony of the 68th IIWAnnual Assembly in Helsinki in 2015
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Shackleton, as a long-standing Chair, was very supportive of
WG-STAND’s role in IIW. ‘IIW is only involved in standardisation
where it has the technical strength to support international or
regional activities.’
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He added later, in 2011, that ‘…in scope
it has widened its activities greatly including technical reports
on resistance welding, friction stir welding and classification
of defects in metallic fusion welding. Currently, 35
standardisation projects, including systematic reviews, are
Mathias Lundin
Andrew Davis