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Larry Strouse
General Engineer-Hazardous Materials Packaging
Federal Railroad Administration


Larry Strouse is a general engineer-Hazardous Materials Packaging in the Federal Railroad Administration Hazardous Materials Division, Office of Safety, specializing in design, manufacture, maintenance and quality assurance of railroad tank cars. Larry’s 40 year career in the rail industry begins as a co-op engineering student with Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, then Quality Assurance Manager and Quality System Administrator at GATX, Director of Engineering at GE Rail Services, and his current position at FRA. Larry has been active on the AAR Tank Car Committee, The original RSI Quality Assurance Committee, and various American Welding Society and American Society for Nondestructive Testing working groups. Larry holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in engineering and business, is an ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Mechanical Inspector, Certified Reliability Engineer, Certified Manager of Quality and Operational Excellence, ASNT Certified Level III in six methods, ASNT Fellow, AWS Certified Welding Engineer and Senior Certified Welding Inspector. Larry, his wife Terry and two children currently reside in Naperville, Illinois.

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