Don Pether Honored with AISI Industry Leadership Award

Don Pether, former president and chief executive officer of Dofasco Inc., was honored with an Industry Leadership Award at the AISI Policy and Planning Committee meeting on July 19, in Toronto, Ontario. Pether was recognized for his leadership on the AISI Board of Directors as vice chairman and for his service as chairman of Policy and Planning Committee and the Market Development Committee. AISI Chairman Lou Schorsch, Mittal Steel USA, and AISI President and CEO Andrew G. Sharkey, III, presented Don Pether with a special AISI Industry Leadership Medal, inscribed with: "In recognition of your outstanding contributions to the North American steel industry and the American Iron and Steel Institute."

Don Pether, who retired from Dofasco on July 21, became non-executive chairman of Dofasco's Board of Directors. He joined Dofasco Inc. in 1970 and moved through various positions there until he was appointed president and chief executive officer in May 2003. Throughout his career, Pether participated on the Board of numerous industry-related associations including AISI, the Canadian Steel Producers' Association, the Canadian Steel Trade and Employment Congress and the International Iron and Steel Institute.