History

Society History

For history on the society as a whole go to the ASHRAE hisory page.

Local Chapter History

Chartered October 4, 1975, by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning
Engineers, Incorporated as a Chapter in Region X as the Northern
Nevada Chapter #126. Situated in Reno, Nevada officers were installed
by Society President William Collins, Jr., Society Treasurer Bruno
P. Morabito (Society President in 1977-78) the main speaker, Richard
P. Perry Director and Regional Chair of Region X (Society President
in 1983-84), other Charter members, Harry Lay, Joe Beard, Don
Luttrell, Bob Aldous, John Kuenzli II, James Gardner, William
Bulkeley, William S. Peterson, Elliott Gritton, Cyril G. Hansen
with a total of 24 local members attending. See photo below taken
at the Hidden Valley Clubhouse.

Current President is Erik Rose, P.E. and the
Chapter has an assigned membership of 71. The Chapter Newsletter
is provided through a website at www.nonevashrae.org
and regular mail for those who do not have email connections.
Two scholarships are awarded yearly through a generous grant from
the estate of Cyril G. Hansen from Truckee Meadows Community College
and the University of Nevada, Reno and bears his name. Member
Cyril G. Hansen, P.E. was honored to be recognized as a Fellow
and received the Regional Award of Merit, Distinguished Service
Award, served as Region X Director and Regional Chair (DRC) from
1987 through 1990, all the Chapter leadership positions including
Secretary and Board of Governor’s until his passing in 1999.
Northern Nevada Chapter has hosted the Chapters Regional Conference
in 1983 at the MGM Grand Hotel (presently the Reno Hilton) under
John L. Harnack, P.E. (Southern California Chapter member) as
the DRC and in 1996 at Harvey’s Resort and Casino under
Sukhdev S. Mathaudhu, P.E. (Tri-County Chapter, Charter Member)
as the DRC.

Past Presidents Society Year

Harry L. Lay* 1975 (as interim president)

Joe M. Beard 1975-76

Bob Aldous 1976-77

John Kuenzli, II* 1977-78

Cyril G. Hansen* 1978-79 (DRC Region X 1987-90)

Robert McKee* 1979-80

William Bulkeley* 1980-81(5th anniversary President)

Gary Hennings 1981-82

Douglas M. Morrin 1982-83

D. Bruce Nipp 1983-84

Frank D. Ellis 1984-85

Jacqui Loforte 1985-86 (First Lady President in Region X)

Dean S. Borges 1986-87 (DRC Region X 1996-99)

Richard E. Sasek 1987-88 (RVC Education Rg X 1988-91)

Allen Giesbrecht 1988-89

Mark Stanton 1989-90

Larry Green 1990-91 (15th anniversary President)

Shelly Haldeman 1991-92 (Second Lady President in Chapter)

Thomas J. Buchko 1992-93

Sandra A. Crocket 1993-94 (Third Lady President in Chapter )

Douglas P. DeAngeli 1994-95 (Region X Treasurer 1996-99)

Kevin M. McKeegan 1995-96 (20th anniversary President)

Michael D. Lotspeich 1996-97

Thomas Awalt 1997-98

Cary Peterson 1998-99

Arnold Etchemendy 1999-2000

John “Ed” Fitzpatrick 2000-01 (25th anniversary President)

Trevor Benbow 2001-02 (Society Gov’t Activities Winner)

Kelli S. Newton 2002-03

Eric V. Hebel 2003-04

Erik J. Rose 2004-05

Donald West 2005-06 (30th anniversary President)

Andy Jones 2006-07

Jace Cook 2007-08

Candice George 2008-09

(* – denotes deceased
past chapter presidents)

2004-05 Society President Ronald P. Vallort P.E. – Refrigeration
Theme for this year -

“ASHRAE: The Strongest Link in the Cold Chain”

Presidential Article in Journal (partial copy):

“There are countries where, right now, up
to 50 percent of the crops fail to make it to the first phase
of the after-harvest food chain. ASHRAE must help to find ways
to construct energy efficient, low cost refrigerated transport
and storage facilities in countries ravaged by hunger.

“And we must remember that refrigeration
has other uses besides food. Refrigeration is a vital part of
the infrastructure necessary to deliver vaccines worldwide.

Thousands of lives around the world have been
saved by vaccines for diseases such as polio, measles, chicken
pox and hepatitis. Yet, as many as 3 million children die every
year from diseases that are preventable with available vaccines.
That’s as if 30 jumbo jets filled with children crashed
every day of the year.”

Chapter Honors and Awards:

PAOE – Check Banner but many many times
depending on the President

Individuals –

• Life Membership – George D. Carr, James N. Gardner, Walter
Koehler, Williams S. Peterson, William R. Petty, Lawrence Shea.

• Distinguished Service – Dean S. Borges

• Lincoln Bouillon – Dean S. Borges

• Chapter Service – Dean S. Borges

• Regional Award of Merit – Dean S. Borges

• Government Activities – Trevor S. Benbow

Hidden Valley Clubhouse, Reno, Nevada

Charter Night – October 4, 1975

Back Row (left to right): Cyril G. Hansen, James Gardner, Joe
M. Beard, Don Luttrell, Bob Aldous, Harry Lay.

Front Row: Bruno P. Morabito, William Collins, Jr., Richard P.
Perry

Contact: Dean S. Borges by email at dsborges@unr.edu

For a hardcopy of
this page click on link below:

Chapter History.pdf

March 25, 2005 Newsletter

Todays Thoughts:

Looking back at the last time CRC had a joint meeting in Hawaii,
Northern Nevada’s own Cyril G. Hansen, P.E. was at the helm
as Director and Regional Chair for Region X: May 15-18, 1990,
Honolulu, HI, Regions X & XI. When ASHVE merged with ASRE
in 1959 the regions were a total of 10 but Region “X”
(not 10) included British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, a small
part of Idaho, California, Nevada and Arizona. By 1979 so many
Chapters had been Chartered that a new Region XI was created to
incorporate all the Chapters in Canada west of Thunder Bay, Ontario,
Alaska, Washington, and Oregon with “our” Region X
incorporating California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. In 1994
Region X was realigned to include seven “overseas”
Chapters: Cairo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, India
and Saudi Arabia totaling 20 Chapters. As the DRC in 1996-99 at
the Regions Council I made the motion to create a Region XIII
for the Chapters in the Asian time zone, i.e. Singapore, Malaysia,
Hong Kong and Taiwan and the balance of the “overseas”
Chapters were continued as an “At-Large” status. Region
X then became what it is today totaling 14 Chapters. The splitting
of Region X and XI did not cause the camaraderie of the members
to split so the many traditions of joint meetings, regional dinners,
CRC’s, golf tournaments and other events continue. This
year’s CRC will be another celebration of these great traditions.
Come join in the fun and help make the traditions carry on in
Hawaii – Just like we did 25 years ago.

In Closing:

In some ways, I find the best of my recollections
include these many trails I followed in the ASHRAE directions
come from the participation in the action at all events. Most
ASHRAE members seem to have that quality of a human being that
strives to be productive in what needs to be accomplished for
a better environment. It’s true that becoming involved does
not have immediate benefits but more of gaining knowledge from
those who really need the correct answers of HVAC&R problems.
The upcoming CRC in Hawaii is THE ideal place to get a sense of
what I am trying to report here. A sense of goodwill, understanding
and a genuine believe that your participation will benefit you
directly and those who you work around. It is hard to explain
how that sense will come to you but it does. If you like being
around those who have this understanding and how they (probably
like you) do not have time to take away from your job to be there
will give that time as effectively as they know how to help ASHRAE
benefit us all. Go to CRC and feel the real things ASHRAE has
to offer and volunteer to help.

Dean S. Borges, Historian, Northern Nevada Chapter #126

For a PDF version of this month’s history newsletter click here.