[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E241]
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                       TRIBUTE TO HAROLD G. HALL

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                         HON. WILLIAM J. COYNE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 12, 1997

  Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, February 19, 1997, Harold G. 
Hall will receive the prestigious Metcalf Award at the 113th Annual 
Banquet of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania. The award is 
named for William Metcalf, ESWP's first president (1880-81) and is 
presented each year to an individual who has made significant lifetime 
contributions in the field of engineering.
  Harold G. Hall was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. He entered Penn 
State University to pursue a degree in ceramic engineering, but left 
college to enter the U.S. Army Air Force where he became a pilot in the 
Alaskan theater. After 3 years in the service, he returned to 
Pittsburgh and earned his degree as a mechanical engineer at Carnegie 
Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University).
  Mr. Hall founded Hall Industries in the 1960's. His interest in 
manufacturing led him to help other small manufacturers who were 
devastated by the crash of the steel industry in Pittsburgh, and Hall 
Industries became a collaboration of 11 small companies which had been 
struggling to stay in business.
  Today, Hall Industries has three facilities in western Pennsylvania 
and one in Greenville, SC. Its 120 employees serve national markets in 
the aviation and rapid transit industries, and they also produce 
precision industrial parts. Hall Industries has also been coordinating 
engineering studies by Lockheed Martin, the Pennsylvania Maglev Corp., 
Sargent Electric, Union Switch and Signal, P.J. Dick Corp., and Mackin 
Engineering that are part of an initiative to develop a magnetic 
levitation transportation system in Pittsburgh.
  Mr. Hall continues to contribute his expertise to Hall Industries and 
to other companies. His next project is the evaluation of a machine 
facility in Beijing, China.
  Harold G. Hall joins a large, distinguished group of previous Metcalf 
Award winners. He is an individual of gifted insight, imagination, and 
special abilities. He is richly deserving of this award. I commend him 
on the occasion of this notable achievement.

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