IN BRIEF
Dr. Edward Reidy has joined the Butler Memorial Hospital medical staff, specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Reidy is a member of Tri Rivers Surgical Associates' Butler office at Clearview Circle.
He received his medical doctorate from State University of New York-Buffalo, and completed his residency at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, where he also served as a doctor for the Emerson College Ballet.
Reidy is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is a member of the Allegheny County Medical Society, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Medical Association and the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
CRANBERRY TWP — Traco is celebrating its 65th year in business as a window maker to the world.Traco, with facilities in Cranberry Township, as well as Tennessee, Iowa and Georgia, employs more than 2,000 people specializing in window and door manufacturing.The company opened in 1943 as the Three Rivers Aluminum Co. in Pittsburgh by E.R. Randall and his wife. In 1951, the company began making aluminum storm doors and windows. By 1960, the company also was making replacement windows.The Cranberry Township plant opened in 1971, and it has been expanded several times to its current size of 1 million square feet of corporate office and manufacturing space.Traco has designed and installed windows for many historic buildings, including the observation windows in the crown of the Statue of Liberty.First National adds to scholarship fundsHERMITAGE, Mercer County — First National Bank, based in Hermitage with 225 branches in Ohio and Pennsylvania, including Butler County, recently gave more than $47,000 to scholarship funds.The Moraine Trails Council-Boy Scouts of America based in Butler Township received some of that scholarship money.
GIBSONIA — St. Barnabas Health System is hosting a seminar for health care executives, "Government Scrutiny and Enforcement in Long-Term Care and What to Expect at the Long-term Care Deposition," on Wednesday.The seminar starts at 8 a.m. at The Village at St. Barnabas, 5850 Meridian Road, featuring speakers from the law firm Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin.Attorneys Susan Fields, Katherine Keefe and Michele Primis will discuss long-term care legal matters faced by St. Barnabas Health Executive Institute attendees.Those who attend will earn 3½ Pennsylvania Nursing Home Administrator credits and the seminar is accepted by the state Department of Public Welfare for Personal Care Home Administrative credits.To register, call Peg Slye at 724-444-5561, or e-mail pslye@stbarnabashealthsystem.com.
WARRENDALE — David Schutt, executive vice president and chief operating officer of SAE International, has been named Vice President-America of the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies.FISTA has three vice presidents on its executive board, America, Asia and Europe. Schutt joins the other vice presidents as well as 16 other members on the executive board.Schutt earned a doctoral degree in physical chemistry from Princeton University and holds a master's degree in business administration from Johns Hopkins University.Schutt lives with his wife, Heather, and their two children, Justin and Mackenzie.SAE International is a worldwide organization of 115,000 engineers and related technical aerospace and commercial vehicle industries.
Dr. Albert Varacallo Jr. of DuBois is taking over the position of clinical coordinator for the Northwest Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center.
