Steve Pegg receives award from AIST Globe-trotters

Steve Pegg, ex-General Manager of Russula in North America, was awarded a plaque by Rick Wood of CMC Alabama during the last Globe-trotters meeting on August 30th in Myrtle Beach. The plaque was in recognition of his dedicated service over the past three years in the AIST Globetrotters Committee.

The Globe-Trotter group is a chapter of the AIST, of AIME (American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers). This group dates back to 1937 when a sectional group was formed in St. Louis, Missouri by the Chairman of the Open Hearth Committee of AIME.

The early leaders of the Globe-Trotters developed a format for the meetings which made it unique and more beneficial to the members: by alternating meeting sites to expose members to other plants and established a shared planning of meetings with input from members for the technical session content.

This group has not only survived the ups and downs of the steel business but has managed to grow in reputation and in size through the years to an annual attendance of almost 600 people.