“David Lang has been a tireless and dedicated Tappi member, whose efforts have provided great benefit to Tappi and the pulp and paper industry. During a distinguished career in process control and automation that spans almost four decades, he’s made notable contributions to both paper machine control technology and application development,” notes Larry N Montague, Tappi President.Lang received a BS in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University. In 1974 he joined Electronic Associates Ltd in Toronto, which in 1975 became Sentrol Systems, and was later purchased by Valmet Automation (now Metso Automation). He then moved into the marketing area, where he is currently a Senior Applications Manager, Paper and Board.Tappi’s award recipients will be recognized at the PaperCon 2012, April 22-25 in New Orleans.