CLEVELAND, OH,— Ronald Alan Busse, who spent over 50 years in the natural stone industry, has been awarded the 2011 Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Marble Institute of America (MIA). Busse accepted the award at the annual MIA Awards Luncheon held during StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.
Busse began his career in the stone industry in 1951 when he started working for Tennessee Marble. Busse recalls his first days in our industry, “When I started at Tennessee Marble, I was about as low as you can get in the business; I did a little janitorial work. I was what they called a mill clerk. I was mainly a runner from the main office to the mill office. And, then as things progressed, I got into shipping and a lot of other things.”
Wherever they sent Busse, he had tremendous eagerness, curiosity, and a large capacity for learning. He learned the rudiments of drafting, which he more fully developed when Tennessee Marble sent him to night school at the University of Tennessee to learn architectural drafting.
Eventually promoted to plant superintendent, Busse stayed with Tennessee Marble, which had been acquired by the Georgia Marble Company until 1962. He then joined the Ultra Marble Company (now New Mexico Travertine, Inc.) which is just outside of Albuquerque, NM. From 1967 to 1970 he worked for Vermont Marble in Texas, as well as Vermont, and in 1970 he joined McHarg Tile and Marble; a Fort Worth fabricator. In 1975, Busse started his own fabricating company, Busse Marble Company, in Smithfield, Texas. Beginning with just two guys in the shop, Busse Marble eventually grew into a firm of 75 fabricators and installers.
Ron Busse first became involved in MIA in 1960, and later in his career put the same passion into his work for the association as he did learning the business itself. Ron first became a member of the MIA Board of Directors in 1979, and served as secretary in 1980. In 1986, he was elected treasurer and in 1987 moved up to vice president. He assumed the position of MIA President in 1988.
Busse was very involved in the creation and publication of both volumes of MIA’s Dimension Stones of the World; a major association undertaking to organize, secure, test, photograph and then publish examples of available dimension stones. The reference books were made available to the stone industry, to architects, and others in the design community. The “color plate books” as they became known, are still being sold through the MIA bookstore. By serving as an author and technical advisor, he played an important role in the updating of MIA’s Dimension Stone Design Manual, Volume IV. He served the MIA in the additional capacity of Technical Director from 1990 to 1995, and when Vince Migliore, for whom MIA’s lifetime achievement award is named, passed away suddenly in 2003, Ron Busse was pressed into service in January 2004 until a permanent replacement was hired.
In looking back at a career that spanned more than sixty years in the stone business, Busse, simply says, “I wanted to be better all the time.” The MIA Board of Directors, over 1600 members from around the world, and executive staff salute Ronald Alan Busse for his tremendous career and thank him for his years of service to the natural stone industry and the MIA.
About the Marble Institute of America
For over 65 years the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has been the world's leading information resource and advocate for the natural dimension stone industry. MIA members include marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and other natural stone producers and quarriers, fabricators, installers, distributors, and contractors around the world.
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Cleveland, Ohio — The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is pleased to announce the release of an updated Dimension Stone Design Manual. Version 7.2 provides a revision to the Countertop Specifications chapter and has added a chapter on Stone Tile. The new countertop chapter features clarification of the differences in lippage on countertops vs. islands and peninsulas, guidelines on outdoor kitchens, and more. Countertop Chapter Review Committee Chair, John Cogswell, had this to say about the update, "The countertop segment of the natural stone industry has seen many changes since the last update of the Design Manual (2007). The newly revised Countertop Chapter reflects current industry practice and includes an expanded Stone Materials section, as well as, a new section on Stone Finishes and guidelines for Outdoor Kitchens."
In addition to the updated countertop chapter, version 7.2 also provides an expanded glossary, featuring 282 new terms and 83 drawings. The glossary now boasts over 500 terms and will be available as a stand-alone product later this year.
Also included with every Dimension Stone Design Manual Version 7.2 is a copy of the 2011 TCNA Handbook for Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile Installation. The TCNA Handbook will serve as the new Stone Tile chapter. Historically, the MIA did not duplicate the information contained in the TCNA Handbook. Rather, they listed the TCNA detail references endorsed for natural stone in the Dimension Stone Design Manua.
According to MIA's Technical Director, Chuck Muehlbauer, "Discussions held amongst the MIA, the TCNA, and the NTCA (National Tile Contractors' Association) yielded a consensus that the industry would be best served if an amalgamation of the documents could be achieved, allowing the users to obtain all the necessary information from one source." This led to a two-year, tri-association cooperation in producing the TCNA 2011 Handbook for Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile Installation.
Version 7.2 of the Dimension Stone Design Manual is the stone industry's single-source reference for dimension stone design and construction facts and details. Contents include sections on granite, marble, limestone, serpentine, soapstone, travertine, quartz-based stone and slate with product descriptions and technical data; general installation guidelines; guidelines and typical detailing for horizontal surfaces, vertical surfaces, wet areas, furniture and countertops; maintenance of exterior and interior stone installations; and a glossary of terms relating to dimension stone.
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About the Marble Institute of America
For over 65 years the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has been the world's leading information resource and advocate for the natural dimension stone industry. MIA members include marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and other natural stone producers and quarriers, fabricators, installers, distributors, and contractors around the world.
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