Obituaries, March 2023
From Insights, March 2023
Charles F. Bremigan, Jr., P.E.
94; Life Member ASHRAE; Oshkosh, Wis.; joined ASHRAE in 1982.
Jose E. Diaz, P.E.
79; Life Member ASHRAE; Naples, Fla.; joined ASHRAE in 1980.
Philip A. Dugan
88; Life Member ASHRAE; South St. Paul, Minn.; joined ASHRAE in 1962. He earned the Distinguished 50-Year Member Award in 2012 and the Distinguished Service Award in 1988. He served in the following positions:
- Member, TC 1.11, Electric Motors and Motor Control
- Member, TC 5.11, Humidifying Equipment
- Member, TC 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment
William E. Estes, P.E.
85; Life Member ASHRAE; Hixson, Texas; joined ASHRAE in 1969. He served as Historian for the Tennessee Valley Chapter.
Clyde W. Heaney
72; Life Member ASHRAE; Littleton, Colo., joined ASHRAE in 1986.
Werner H. Hochstrasser
96; Life Member ASHRAE; Geroldswil, Switzerland; joined ASHRAE in 1967.
Ray A. Howell, P.E.
87; Life Member ASHRAE; Oklahoma City, Okla.; joined ASHRAE in 1966.
Michael Hulls
82; Life Member ASHRAE; Ascot, U.K.; joined ASHRAE in 1981.
Gurmohan S. Kochhar, Ph.D., P.Eng.
73; Life Member ASHRAE; St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; joined ASHRAE in 1978.
Hal Levin
81; Life Member ASHRAE; Berkeley, Calif.; joined ASHRAE in 1986.
He served in the following positions:
- Consultant, Environmental Health Committee
- Co-Chair, IAQ 2013 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 2010 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 2007 AD HOC Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 2004 AD HOC Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 2001 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 2000 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ Position Paper Committee
- Member, IAQ 1997 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 1995 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 1993 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 1992 Steering Committee
- Member, IAQ 1991 Steering Committee
- Chairman, TG-BIE, Task Group on Buildings’ Impacts on the Environment
- Member, IAQ/Healthy Buildings ‘97 Organizing Committee
- Subcommittee Chairman, SSPC 62, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
- Chairman, Guideline Project Committee 10P, Criteria for Achieving Acceptable Indoor Environments
- Member, TC 2.1, Human Physiology and Environment
- Member, TC 7.9, Building Commissioning
- Member, TC 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment
- Producer, SGPC 10, Interactions Affecting the Achievement of Acceptable Indoor Environments
- Member, SSPC 55, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy
- Member, SSPC 62.1, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
- Chair, Producer, GPC 10P, Criteria for Achieving Acceptable Indoor Environments
- Member, Carbon Equivalents Calculation Project Monitoring Subcommittee
- Member, Building Performance Metrics Steering Committee
He earned the following awards:
- Distinguished Service Award, 2013
- Environment Health Award, 2008
- Fellow Award, 2002
Claude J. McAtee
82; Life Member ASHRAE; Bartlett, Tenn.; joined ASHRAE in 1970.
Jonathan Nelson
41; Member ASHRAE; Buzzards Bay, Maine; joined ASHRAE in 2019.
Peter Novak, Ph.D.
85; Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE; Ljubljana, Slovenia; joined ASHRAE in 1971. He served as President-Elect, Treasurer, Membership Promotion Co-Chair, Research Promotion Co-Chair, and on the Board of Governors for the Danube Chapter. He also served as Handbook Subcommittee Chair of TC 7.4, Exergy Analysis for Sustainable Buildings; and was a member of TC 6.10, Fuels and Combustion. He earned the Fellow Award in 1998.
Thomas E. Pape, II
63; Waterloo, Ill. He was a member of SSPC 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings; and a member of SPC 191, Standard for the Efficient Use of Water in Building Mechanical Systems.
Robert L. Sparks
Member ASHRAE; Pagosa Springs, Colo.; joined ASHRAE in 2007.
Michael G. Talbot, P.E., HBDP
63; Fellow ASHRAE; Charlotte, N.C.; joined ASHRAE in 1983. He served as President and Secretary of the Southern Piedmont Chapter. He earned the Fellow Award in 2019.