CItsilTUARIES

GUS J. CHAVALAS

Gus J. Chavalas, a member of the board of directors and senior v.p. for sales and marketing of Kaiser Cement Corp., died Apr.29,1980. He was 55.

A resident of Lafayette, Ca., he joined Kaiser in 1952 and served in various industrial relations positions before associating with Kaiser Cement in 1956.

He was elected v.p. and general sales mgr. in 1968, v.p. for sales and marketing, 1971, and senior v.p. and a member of the board in 1974. He also was a member of the board of directors of Morgan Equipment Co., San Franclsco.

Mr. Chavalas received both B.A. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University, Palo Alto, Ca., where he was president of the student body and captain of the basketball team. He also served as assistant varsity coach there for two years.

He is survived by his widow, Beverly, three children, and one grandson.

CAROL J. ROURKE

Carol J. Rourke died MaY 8, 1980, of congestive heart failure in San Leandro, Ca., at age 49.

She had been with Georgia Pacific for more than 16 years and was assistant lumber sales manager of the regional lumber sales office at San Leandro.

Born Oct. 28, 1930, in Hayfork, Ca., she began her lumber career in the early '50s at Hedlund Lumber Sales, North Highland, Ca. She later worked at Talbot Lumber Co., San Rafael. Ca.. and with CalPacific Mfg. in San Francisco in 1960, and in Montebello, Ca., when the office was moved there.

She is survivied by one daughter, Pamel Rourke, her mother, and one brother.

Arizona Convention

(Continued from page 10) staff and leadership" that l8 months ago "had us headed for disaster and dissolution."

He attacked the current federal proposal for Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS), saying that "it'll make OSHA look like a Fourth of July picnic." Under the

The proposal, every home would have to meet federal energy standards. He said the building industry was fightine it and had called a conference in W-ashington to try and fight the proposal as it is presently constituted.

The time and plac^e committee announcement was for next Year's gathering to be in Phoenix, at The Pointe Hotel, May 7-8-9, 1981, where the Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Association will no doubt go on to further strengths and continued accomplishments.