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Obituaries, March 2023

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.

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