The SOCIETY OF FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS (SFPE) announced Richard J. Davis as its new president for 2009. Davis is an assistant vice president and senior engineering technical specialist with FM Global. A SFPE member since 1982, Davis has served on the Society’s Board of Directors for nine years and is a member of its engineering licensure committee. In 2000, he was made an SFPE Fellow. He also served as president of the SFPE New England chapter and was recognized by that chapter in 1991 with its Richard E. Stevens Award. www.sfpe.org.
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