Melvin Edwin Nickel

Background

Nickel, Melvin Edwin was born on August 24, 1915 in St. Louis. Son of Jacob William and Mary Anna Nickel.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, University Missouri, Rolla, 1938; Professional Degree of Metallurgical Engineering, University Missouri, Rolla, 1967.

Career

Management trainee, Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) Steel Corporation, 1938-1939; assistant to superintendent blast furnaces, Wisconsin Steel division International Harvester Company, Chicago, 1939-1943; general foreman furnaces, blast furnaces, Wisconsin Steel division International Harvester Company, Chicago, 1943-1948; assistant superintendent blast furnaces, Wisconsin Steel division International Harvester Company, Chicago, 1948-1949; superintendent open hearths, Wisconsin Steel division International Harvester Company, Chicago, 1949-1961; superintendent basic oxygen furnaces, manager steel production, Wisconsin Steel division International Harvester Company, Chicago, 1961-1968; manager primary operations, Wisconsin Steel division International Harvester Company, Chicago, 1968-1977; manager facilities planning and appropriations, works manager, Envirodyne Industries, Inc., Wisconsin Steel Corporation, 1977-1980; president, Melvin E. Nickel & Associations, Inc., Chicago, since 1980.

Achievements

• Melvin Edwin Nickel has been listed as a noteworthy Metallurgical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees Iron and Steel Society Foundation, Warrensdale, Pennsylvania, 1980-1991. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (honorary, national vice-president, director 1974-1976, Honorary Membership award 1978), Iron and Steel Society of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (national president 1974-1975, elected distinguished member 1975), Metallurgical Society of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (national chairman iron and steel division 1972-1974), Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, Western States Blast Furnaces and Coke Association, U. Missouri, Rolla Alumni Association (president 1956-1959, board directors), Triangle Fraternity, Jackson Hole Wildlife Society, Academy School Mines and Metallurgy, U. Missouri-Rolla (elected 1998), Ridge Country Club of Chicago, Beverly Hills University Club.

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, fishing, carpentry, mineral collecting, boating.

Connections

Married Mary Louise Breuer, September 12, 1942. Children: Elizabeth Ann Nickel Overleas, Mary Patricia Nickel Hepburn, Sheila Breuer Nickel Stojak, William Louis.

Father:

Jacob William

Mother:

Mary Anna Nickel

Spouse:

Mary Louise Breuer

child:

Mary Patricia Nickel Hepburn Nickel

child:

Sheila Breuer Nickel Stojak Nickel

child:

William Louis Nickel

child:

Elizabeth Ann Nickel Overleas Nickel