The West Michigan American Foundry Society (AFS) Chapter provides technical, educational, social and networking opportunities for the local foundry community. Our membership includes metal casters, metal suppliers, foundry material suppliers, industry consultants and vendors throughout the West Michigan area.

The American Foundry Society (AFS) is a non-profit association serving members of the metalcasting industry both in the United States and abroad. Through various resources, AFS provides members with advocacy coordination and efforts in Washington, D.C., ongoing technical education through its Institute, as well as the transfer of innovative research and technology to the industry. Membership is individual or corporate and is made up of three markets, including: metalcasters and producers of metal cast parts; metalcasting suppliers and casting buyers/original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s). Student membership is also extended to future leaders of the metalcasting industry at a nominal cost.

West Michigan Chapter AFS Past Presidents

Year	Name	Company at Time in Office
1941-42	D.F. Seyferth	West Michigan Steel Foundry
1942-43	D.J. Lonnee	Muskegon Piston Ring Co.
1943-44	H.C. BeMent	Campbell Wyant & Cannon
1944-45	J.L. Brooks	Muskegon Piston Ring Co.
1945-46	J. Wesley Lee	Challenge Machinery Co.
1946-47	Rudolph Flora	Clover Foundry Co.
1947-48	C.H. Cousineau	West Michigan Steel Foundry
1948-49	W.A. Hallberg	Lakey Foundry Co.
1949-50	C.N. Jacobson	Dake Engine Co.
1950-51	Stanley H. Davis	Campbell Wyant & Cannon
1951-52	Ross P. Shaffer	Lakey Foundry Co.
1952-53	Wm. J. Cannon, Jr.	Nugent Sand Co.
1953-54	Fred J. DeHudy	Centrifugal Foundry Co.
1954-55	J.A. VanHaver	Sealed Power Co.
1955-56	George W. Bartlett	Neway Equipment Co.
1956-57	E.H. Albrecht	Blackmer Pump Co.
1957-58	David I. Jacobson	Grand Haven Brass Foundry
1958-59	J. Joseph Cannon	Enterprise Brass Works
1959-60	Elmer J. Carmody	Engineering Foundry
1960-61	Walter A. Blackmer	Muskegon Piston Ring Co.
1961-62	Richard O. Williams	Campbell Wyant & Cannon
1962-63	Charles Pierce	Westran Corporation
1963-64	James VanderMeulen	American Seating Co.
1964-65	Max R. Wiard	Campbell Wyant& Cannon
1965-66	Adrain J. Archambault	Cannon Muskegon Corp.
1966-67	John E. DeGroot	Benfur Engineering Co.
1967-68	Rudolph J. Lonnee	Alloyed Grairon Castings Corp.
1968-69	Alvin Jacobson, Jr.	Grand Haven Brass Foundry
1969-70	John L. Orzechowski	Michigan Foundry Supply Co.
1970-71	Richard Davidson	Campbell Wyant & Cannon
1971-72	Emery Cisneros	Sealed Power Corporation
1972-73	Joe Sack	Benfur Engineering
1973-74	Donald Huizenga	Grand Rapids Foundry
1974-75	Max Ryefield	Sealed Power Corporation
1975-76	Howard Lettinga	Muskegon Piston Ring, Sparta
1976-77	Kenneth LeRoux	LeRoux Foundry
1977-78	Richard O. Hagen	Holland Pattern Company
1978-79	Jim Timmerman	Delta Oil Products
1979-80	Jim Fox	Sealed Power Corporation
1980-81	Roger Prins	Louis Padnos Iron & Metal
1981-82	Dale Trumble	Muskegon Community College
1982-83	Gary Barnes	Sparta Foundry
1983-84	Tom Bader	Wolverine Brass
1984-85	Edwin L. Clark	Great Lakes Castings
1985-86	Thomas C. Cousineau	Carpenter Brothers, Inc.
1986-87	John Steger	Acme Resin
1987-88	John Keener	Sparta Foundry
1988-89	George Mako	Grand Rapids Aluminum Castings
1989-90	Rocky Corradin	Melt-Tech
1990-91	Wayne Jarvis	Eagle Alloy
1991-92	Steve Bolhuis	Fisher Steel
1992-93	Charlie Rowe	Carpenter Brothers
1993-94	Brad Fortenbacher	Tri-Cast
1994-95	Steve Damschroder	Great Lake Castings
1995-96	Andy Scherf	Tri-Cast
1996-97	John Steger	Borden Chemical
1997-98	Mike Johns	Betz Industries
1998-99	Chuck DeVette	West Michigan Steel
1999-00	Dick Evans	Muskegon Cast Products
2000-01	Ken Groh	Nugent Sand Company
2001-02	Gary Nervig	Ravenna Casting Center
2002-04	Pete Bialik	Foseco
2004-05	John Monette	Paragon Pattern
2005-06	Jeff Cook	Eagle Alloy
2006-07	Mike Lenahan	Resource Recovery Corporation
2007-08	Jay Morrison	Ravenna Ductile Iron Plant
2008-09	Jim Perreault	SPEC Abrasives & Finishing, Inc.
2009-10	Reg Crowe	Sandmold Systems
2010-11	Brendan Bolhuis	Beacon Recycling
2011-12	Mike Thompson	Cadillac Casting, Inc.
2012-13	Bruce Peacock	Cadillac Casting, Inc.
2013-14	Lenny Basaj	Metal Technologies, Inc.
2014-15	Courtney VanOeffelen	Van Hydraulics
2015-16	Dan Arends	Anderson Global
2016-17	Adam Snyder	Midwest Product Specialties
2017-18	Rich Chase	Eagle Alloy
2018-19	Eric Gildner	Cadillac Castings
2019-20	Jay Morrison	Carpenter Brothers
2020-21	Trevor Beach	Betz Industries
2021-22	Kelly Ann Edwards	MTI-Ravenna Ductile Iron
2022-23	Mickey Moore	ASK Chemicals