Magnetic Analysis Corp’s Long-Time
President and Chairman William Gould
Was a Leader in Nondestructive Testing
Magnetic Analysis Corporation is sad to report
the recent death of its Chairman, William S.
Gould 3rd.
Gould succeeded his father, a company founder,
as President in 1964, and remained in that
role until 2007, when he became Chairman, a
position he held until his death. During his
tenure, he successfully built the company from
a small US-based nondestructive test designer
and manufacturer to its current position as a
global leader in providing NDT eddy current,
ultrasonic and flux leakage systems and
services.
In 2016, he was honored by the American Society
for Nondestructive Testing for his contributions
to the NDT industry through his “knowledge and
dedication” for over 50 years. Gould held a BS degree
in Mechanical Engineering from Yale, where he was
a member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society,
and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School,
where he was a Baker Scholar. Over the course of his
years as President of MAC®, Gould led the company
into many new developments, beginning with the
introduction of the ERIC eddy current tester in 1968,
which featured solid state electronics, phase gating,
and later, pulsed eddy current techniques. During
the 1970’s, he expanded the company’s products
to include flux leakage testers, and in 1989, MAC
introduced its own line of Echomac® ultrasonic
rotary testers for tube and bar.
In 1992, under Gould’s leadership, the company
launched the ERIC V, the first fully computerized
eddy current tester. Featuring a real-time, full-color
graphic display and sophisticated software control
of test parameters and analysis of test signals, this
instrument set a new benchmark for the industry.
Gould oversaw the company’s expansion into
worldwide markets along with the development
of sophisticated, automated test systems for a
broad range of products - extending from small
diameter tube, bar and wire for critical applications
to 500mm diameter oil and gas pipe. “He combined
his knowledge of science with a keen understanding
of the financial and strategic positioning of the
company and a genuine desire to provide an
opportunity for each employee to grow to their full
potential. The result was not only the successful
growth of the business, but also the long-term
commitment of countless employees all over the
world”, observed his son Robert R. Gould, MAC’s
recently elected Chairman.
The Gould family, which has been the controlling
shareholder of MAC since its founding in 1928,
remains committed to the business and MAC’s
current management team, ably led by President/
CEO Dudley Boden and Vice President/CFO Thomas
Gannalo. MAC’s business now includes plants in
Elmsford, New York; Boardman, Ohio; Östersund,
Sweden; subsidiaries in Italy, the UK, Australia and
Sweden; and representatives around the globe.
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www.mac-ndt.com
TUBE NEWS
June 2019
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