John E. Allison is a senior staff technical specialist in the Materials Science Department at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. He has been involved in TMS for over twenty years as a contributing member, and he has also been involved in serving TMS in a number of capacities, notably on the TMS Board as Director of Programming and, more recently, in a leadership capacity with the Structural Materials Division. His professional position with the Research Laboratory of Ford Motor Company has given him broad international exposure to the materials community, from primary metals producers to key automotive suppliers. He has also served on the Nominating Committee and the Student Affairs Committee. Mr. Allison is the 2002 TMS president.