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Obituaries, May 2019

Obituaries, May 2019

Gerald C. Braun
89; Life Member ASHRAE; Irving, Texas; joined in 1958.

Marlin D. Brendsel, P.E.
70; Life Member ASHRAE; New Braunfels, Texas; joined ASHRAE in 1978.

Andrew H. Cook
58; Member ASHRAE; El Paso, Texas; joined ASHRAE in 2013.

Donald C. Edwards, P.E.
77; Life Member ASHRAE; Mobile, Ala.; joined ASHRAE in 1974. He served as a member of the Ozone Depleting Substances Position Paper/Statement Committee and as the historian of the ASHRAE Mobile Chapter.

A. Taggart Foster, P.E.
77; Life Member ASHRAE; Lexington, Ky.; joined ASHRAE in 1970

Dick Friedman, P.E.
89; Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE; South Pasadena, Calif.; joined in 1953. He served as a delegate, alternate, secretary, treasurer and board member for Region X’s CRC. Friedman received the Distinguished 50-Year Member Award in 2004.

Tim Grub
54; Associate Member ASHRAE; Petersburg, Ontario, Canada; joined ASHRAE in 1989.

John W. Harper
81; Life Member ASHRAE; Fairfield Township, Ohio; joined ASHRAE in 1978.

Richard A. Hegberg, P.E.
93; Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE; Chicago, Ill.; joined in 1955. He served as a:

  • Member of the Society’s Professional Development Committee

  • Region VI member of the Nominating Committee

  • Regional alternate of the Nominating Committee

  • Nominating Committee member and alternate for Region VI

  • Accreditation representative /ABET EAC for the ASHRAE Illinois Chapter

  • Education representative for the ASHRAE Illinois Chapter

  • Voting member for GPC 8-1994(X)

  • Research subcommittee chair, ASHRAE Learning Institute coordinator, member, education subcommittee chair, webmaster for TC 6.1, Hydronic and Steam Equipment and Systems

  • Member of TC 1.1, Electric Motors and Motor Control

  • Member of TC 5.11, Humidifying Equipment

  • Vice chair, member and secretary of TC 6.1, Hydronic and Steam Equipment and Systems

  • Member of TC 6.2, District Energy

  • Journal liaison for TC 7.1, Integrated Building Design

  • Journal liaison for TC 7.5, Smart Building Systems

  • Journal liaison for TC 7.6, Building Energy Performance

  • Research subcommittee chair and member of TC 7.7, Testing and Balancing

  • Chair, vice chair, Journal liaison, secretary member and R&T section head for TC 8.1, Positive Displacement Compressors

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.2, Centrifugal Machines

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.3, Absorption and Heat Operated Machines

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.4, Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Transfer Equipment

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.5, Liquid-to-Refrigerant Heat Exchangers

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.6, Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.7, Variable Refrigerant Flow

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.8, Refrigerant System Controls and Accessories

  • Chair and member of TC 8.9, Residential Refrigerators and Freezers

  • Journal liaison, Journal subcommittee chair, webmaster, Technical Activities Committee section head and R&T section head for TC 8.10, Mechanical Dehumidification Equipment and Heat Pipes

  • Journal liaison, member and R&T section head for TC 8.11, Unitary and Room Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

  • Journal liaison for TG7.EDHP

  • Research subcommittee chair and member of TC 9.7, Educational Facilities

Hegberg received the:

  • Fellow Award in 1998

  • Distinguished Service Award in 2001

  • Distinguished 50-Year Member Award in 2005.

H Gene Keever
91; Life Member ASHRAE; Warrenton, Ore.; joined ASHRAE in 1965.

Charles N. Kiefer
89; Life Member ASHRAE; Covington, Ky.; joined in 1957. He was awarded the Regional Award of Merit in 1983.

Anothony Ivor Lougher
79; Member ASHRAE; Chessington Surrey, UK; joined ASHRAE in 2012.

Jeremiah Lynch
78; Life Member ASHRAE; Escondido, Calif.; joined ASHRAE in 1979.

E-J Ohler
65; Member ASHRAE; Kalamazoo, Mich.; joined ASHRAE in 1996.

W. Kenneth Robinson, Jr., P.E.
70; Life Member ASHRAE; Chapel Hill, N.C.; joined ASHRAE in 1977. He served as president, vice president, president-elect, secretary, delegate and alternate for the ASHRAE Triangle Chapter.

Robert G. Schwab, P.E.
81; Life Member ASHRAE; Mount Laurel, N.J.; joined ASHRAE in 1974.

Gregory Traynor
78; Life Member ASHRAE; Dublin, Ireland; joined ASHRAE in 1967.

William J. Waeldner, P.E.
98; Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE; Falmouth, Maine; joined in 1953. He served as a:

  • Project committee voting member and producer for Standard 113, Method of Testing for Room Air Diffusion

  • Project committee voting member and producer for Standard 130, Laboratory Methods of Testing Air Terminal Units

  • Project committee voting member and producer for Standard 110, Method of Testing Performance of Laboratory Fume Hoods

  • Project committee voting member and producer for Standard 129, Measuring Air-Change Effectiveness

  • Chair, member, Handbook subcommittee chair, equipment subcommittee chair for TC 5.3, Room Air Distribution

Waeldner was awarded the Distinguished 50-Year Member Award in 2003.



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