TDW chairman emeritus wins energy industry lifetime achievement award
T.D. Williamson (TDW), Tulsa, Okla., has announced that Chairman Emeritus Richard B. “Dick” Williamson has received the International Pipeline Conference (IPC) Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes a “person or group that has demonstrated through their work and actions that the safety and economy of pipeline systems has been advanced.”
In its announcement, IPC credited Williamson with expanding the international presence of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), including co-founding its International Offshore Pipeline Forum, helping form and serving as vice president of ASME’s International Petroleum Technology Institute, and working to develop the first ASME-sponsored India Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference.
As the grandson of company founder T.D. Williamson Sr., he grew up in the industry. He joined the company in 1971 as a plastics engineer and worked his way up to becoming president/CEO in 1992. He was appointed chairman of the board in 1994, serving until 2016 when he became chairman emeritus. He has been actively involved with the American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, American Gas Foundation, and Gas Appliance Manufacturing Association.
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