Don Bowers Receives Distinguished Service Award from ASME
During the ASME Code meetings at the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI) campus, held Aug. 8-9, Don Bowers received the ASME Section IX Distinguished Service Award.
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During the ASME Code meetings held at the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI) campus Aug. 8-9, Don Bowers received the ASME Section IX Distinguished Service Award. This award is presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to ASME Standards Committee IX and the overall joining (welding, brazing and plastic fusing) arts community. Bowers has overseen significant developments to ASME Section IX, including the management of committee activities during COVID. He has been involved in Section IX activities since the mid-1980s and has held various leadership positions on the ASME BPV IX committees for over 25 years.
Don Bowers (right) receives the award from Mike Pischke, assistant executive director at the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.
Photo Credit: NBBI
In his comments after receiving the award, Bowers said, "I am both humbled and proud to receive this award, and I wish to thank all of you for the support and friendship that you have afforded me over the years."
Bowers currently serves as the vice president of sales and marketing at Conval, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of severe service gate, globe, check, ball and bellow seal valves. He has been a member of VMA's Valve Magazine Advisory Board for nearly a decade.
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