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Show Steel Employee Retires; Has 34-Year Record Erie V. Boorman, division superintendent coke and coal chemicals for Geneva Works, was honored Monday night at the Radar Club by some sixty top officials of the, U. S.1 Steel plant. Mr. Boorman retires later la-ter this week after a distinguished, distin-guished, 34-year career in Utah's steel and coal chemical industries. One of the original Ironton Plant pioneers, Mr. Boorman began his service to the western west-ern steel industry in April, 1924, the same month that Utah's first by-product coke oven was pushed at Ironton. His first job was in the benzol plant of the coke and coal chemicals department. ' From this post,, he worked his way up to the job he now holds, where he directs the operations op-erations of Geneva's 252 coke ovens, coal chemical producing facilities and the 56 coke ovens at Ironton. Mr. Boorman was born in Buffalo, N.Y., where he completed com-pleted his formal education before be-fore moving to Utah with his family in 1919. Some four, years after his employment at Ironton he was named coke oven turn foreman. In 1943, he was promoted to the post of general foreman. After several sever-al other successive management manage-ment promotions, he was appointed ap-pointed to his present position in 1953. Last night's dinner was attended at-tended by officials of Geneva (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Steel Employee Retires; Has 34-Year Record (Continued from Page 1) Works and management per sonnel from the coke and coal chemicals department. L. F Black, general superintendent of Geneva Works, and A. E Terry, assistant general superintendent, super-intendent, were the main speakers. Mr. and Mrs. Boorman now reside at 149 South 2nd West, in this city. They have two sons, Richard L., director of financial analysis for Kaiser Steel Corporation, and Erie V. Jr., attorney Utah Operations for U. S. Steel, and four grand sons, Van, Craig and David who are sons of Erie V. and wife, and Waldon, the son of Richard L. and wife. |