David Carlson to Receive Corrugated Division Lifetime Achievement Award
David A. Carlson with Fibre Box Association in
Elk Grove Village,
Ill., has been awarded the TAPPI Corrugated Division Lifetime Achievement Award for 2010. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those individuals who have gone above and beyond the normal contributions to the industry and the Association and have consistently been willing to use their time and expertise to benefit others. The award has only been given previously to three other recipients.
With more than 46 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry Carlson is a graduate of Northwestern University with both a bachelor of science in engineering and masters of business administration, Carlson is technical advisor to Fibre Box Association. His service to TAPPI over the years has included TAPPI Board of Directors, TAPPI Fellow, division technical editor of TAPPI Journal and Corrugating International, and chair of eight committees including Corrugated Containers Division, Awards Committee, Technical Session Developer, Technical Roundtable, Division Technical Program and Technical Seminar.
He was the 2006 recipient of TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award, one of the association’s highest honors. He has served on 21 committees within TAPPI. Carlson has dozens of publications and presentations to his credit and he regularly presents workshops and seminars for TAPPI and other professional organizations.
Carlson will receive his award at the TAPPI/AICC Corrugated Week in Baltimore, Md., October 4-8, 2010.
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