2017 Hall of Fame Inductees

John Lindstedt is president of Advanced Plating Technologies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he has committed much of his 41-year professional career to the advocacy of the metal finishing industry through the Government Action committee within the NASF. He has actively engaged government at local, state and federal levels and has advocated for best practices consistent with sound analytical techniques. Lindstedt has served on the NASF Government Relations committee for over 15 years. His company has won numerous awards, including U.S. EPA Environmental Achievement Award, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District High Honor Roll and the John C. Brogan Award for Outstanding Environmental Achievement from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Milton Stevenson, Sr., was founder, president and CEO of Anoplate Corp. in Syracuse, New York. In his many years of service to the industry, he served on boards for both AESF and NAMF, and worked tirelessly to foster relationships across association boundaries such as the suppliers’ association MFSA and the National Tooling and Machining Association, serving various committees. He founded Anoplate in 1960 and under his leadership grew it to employ over 200 people, gaining an international reputation as a leader in the surface finishing industry. Stevenson received the Silvio C. Taomina Memorial Award, the NASF’s highest award, and was an emeritus trustee of Syracuse University. He died in 2009.