STANZIOLA RECEIVES ISCC'S NICKERSON SERVICE AWARD FOR 2004
Mr. Ralph Stanziola was presented the Nickerson Service Award during the ISCC's 2004 Annual Meeting.
Mr. Stanziola is the 19th recipient of the Nickerson Service Award. He joined the ISCC in 1962 and
has been an active member since that time. He co-chaired with the very successful Annual Meeting in
Princeton in 1992 that celebrated the 25th anniversary of the AIC. Stanziola also co-chaired the
joint meeting the Detroit Colour Council in Detroit in 1994 on Color and Quality and most recently
co-chaired the very successful Williamsburg Conference on Industrial Color Problems held at his alma
mater, Philadelphia University. He was instrumental in setting up the Education Interest Group when
it would give tutorials and demonstrations on color technologies. He was also the first chairman of
the Industrial & Applied Color Interest Group and organized several well attended sessions.
In May, l985 Mr. Stanziola founded Industrial Color Technology, which offers a variety of
services primarily directed towards the solution of industrial problems that involve color
control. In l970 he was one of the founders of Applied Color Systems, Inc. where he was the
Executive Vice-President and Technical Director. He spent nine years as Technical Representative
and General Sales Manager for Davidson and Hemmendinger, Inc. and later for Kollmorgen
Corporation, which had acquired Davidson and Hemmendinger. Stanziola also spent nine years
in Research and Technical Service for the Dyes Department of the American Cyanamid Company.
Mr. Stanziola received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the Philadelphia College of Textiles
and Science, which is now Philadelphia University. He holds three patents and has authored a
number of technical papers. Stanziola developed the Color Curve System for color communication.
In 1995, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry presented him with their
Finest Faculty Award. He is a member of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology
(FSCT) from which he received the Armin J. Bruning Award for his outstanding contribution to
the science of color in the field of coatings technology. He is also a member of the American
Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (ATTCC), and the Detroit Colour Council (DCC).