Obituaries, June 2021

From Insights, June 2021

Louis C. Anderson
81; Life Member ASHRAE; Mobile, Ala.; joined ASHRAE in 1979.

Thomas E. Anderson
69; Life Member ASHRAE; Brookfield, Vt.; joined ASHRAE in 1985.

Thomas E. Besemer
92; Life Member ASHRAE; Royal Oak, Mich.; joined in 1957. He served as historian for the Detroit Chapter.

Roy E. Colson
85; Life Member ASHRAE; Jacksonville, Fla.; joined ASHRAE in 1969.

Antonio Costa, P.E.
75; Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE; Napa, Calif.; joined ASHRAE in 1971. He was awarded the Fellow Award in 2014 and received honorable mentions for the ASHRAE Technology Award in 2005 and 2011.

Anthony J. Dimartino, P.E.
99; Life Member ASHRAE; Ridge, N.Y.; joined ASHRAE in 1967.

Robert O. Dorse
89; Life Member ASHRAE; Seattle, Wash.; joined ASHRAE in 1963.

Richard M. Fust
84; Life Member ASHRAE; Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; joined ASHRAE in 1976.

William W. Gay
94; Life Member ASHRAE; Jacksonville, Fla., joined in 1957. He was awarded the ASHRAE/ALCO Award in 1988.

Maurice E. Hendrix
87; Life Member ASHRAE; Cedar Key, Fla.; joined ASHRAE in 1968.

John W. Hodoway, III
73; Life Member ASHRAE; Little Rock, Ark.; joined ASHRAE in 1971. He served on the Honors and Awards Committee and the Board of Governors and in several positions for the Arkansas Chapter, including:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Research Promotion Chair
Chapter Technology Transfer Chair
Research Promotion Chair
Historian
 
He was awarded the Chapter Service Award in 2011.

David H. Johnson
67; Life Member ASHRAE; West Hartford, Conn.; joined ASHRAE in 1985.

Warren R. Kahn
105; Life Member ASHRAE; Los Alamitos, Calif.; joined in 1947. He was awarded the 50-Year Member Award in 1997.

Thomas Kung
59; Member ASHRAE; Jacksonville, Fla.; joined ASHRAE in 2016.

Rodney H. Lewis, P.E.
77; Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE; Austin, Tex.; joined ASHRAE in 1965. He was a member of two position document committees, including the position paper on “Limiting Indoor Mold and Dampness in Buildings,” and served in several positions for the Houston Chapter, including president, vice president and treasurer. He also served on the Honors and Awards Committee and as Project Committee Voting Member for SPC 74 and SPC 111.

Lewis held the following positions:

Program co-chair of TC 1.7, Business, Management & General Legal Education.
Member of TC 1.9, Electric Systems
Chair and vice chair of TC 1.12, Moisture Management in Buildings.
Vice chair and program subcommittee chair of TC 7.7, Testing and Balancing.
Standards subcommittee chair and research subcommittee chair of TC 7.9, Building Commissioning.
Vice chair, honors and awards subcommittee chair, program subcommittee chair and secretary of TC 9.1, Large Building Air-Condition Systems.
Vice chair, research subcommittee chairman, standards subcommittee chair, chair and Handbook subcommittee chair of TC 9.7, Educational Facilities.
Research subcommittee chair of TC 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment
Member of TC 9.10, Laboratory Systems

He was awarded the Fellow Award in 1995, Distinguished Service Award in 1999 and the Distinguished 50-Year Member Award in 2017.

Charles L. Maxwell
78; Life Member ASHRAE; Mesquite, Tex.; joined ASHRAE in 1977. He served as secretary and treasurer for the Dallas Chapter.

Norm Maxwell, P.E.
75; Life Member ASHRAE; Great Neck, N.Y.; joined ASHRAE in 1970. He served as:

Chair and member of the Handbook Committee.
Subcommittee chair for the 2006 ASHRAE Handbook—Refrigeration.
Member of the Publications Committee.
Handbook chair of the Publishing and Education Council.
Regional Vice Chair of the Student Activities Committee.
Ethics subcommittee chair, program subcommittee chair, publications subcommittee chair and member of TC 1.7, Business, Management & General Legal Education.
Member of TC 7.9, Building Commissioning.
Chair and member of TC 8.7, Variable Refrigerant Flow.
Chair, Handbook subcommittee chair and member of TC 8.12, Desiccant Dehumidification Equipment & Components.
Project committee voting member of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 174—2009R, Method of Test for Rating Desiccant-Based Dehumidification Equipment.
Project committee voting member of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 139-2007R—Method of Testing for Rating Desiccant Dehumidifiers Utilizing Heat for the Regeneration Process.
Handbook subcommittee chair, program subcommittee chair, research subcommittee chair and member of TC 9.11, Clean Spaces.
Chair of Task Group on Clean Spaces.
Chair, Handbook subcommittee chair, research subcommittee chair, ASHRAE Learning Institute coordinator, clean rooms subcommittee chair and member of TC 9.2, Industrial Air Conditioning and Ventilation.
Member of Task Group on General Legal Education.
Handbook liaison for several technical committees.

Maxwell also served in several positions for the Long Island Chapter, including:

President
President-Elect
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Delegate
 
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 2013 and a certificate of appreciation from Region I in 1997.

William R. Petty, P.E.
84, Life Member ASHRAE; Sparks, Nev.; joined ASHRAE in 1965.

Harvey W. Preslan, P.E.
94; Life Member ASHRAE; Wooster, Ohio; joined ASHRAE in 1973.

Robert W. Schmitt
79; Life Member ASHRAE; Killington, Vt.; joined ASHRAE in 1962. He served as a project committee voting member of GPC 18(W).

Craig W. Selover
72, Associate Member ASHRAE; Naples, Fla.; joined ASHRAE in 2010. He served as a project committee voting member of SPC 124.

Delmar D. Taylor
84; Life Member ASHRAE; Louin, Miss.; joined ASHRAE in 1976. He was a member of the Members Council and the Publishing and Education Council. He also served on the Board of Governors for the Mississippi Chapter.

Chan S. Tung
88; Life Member ASHRAE; Hong Kong, China; joined ASHRAE in 1966.

Donald E. Whitney, P.E.
91; Life Member ASHRAE; Evergreen, Colo.; joined ASHRAE in 1961.

Jerrald L. Youngren
83; Life Member ASHRAE; Sugar Grove, Ill.; joined in 1959.