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 (President-Elect) 2005-06 (30th anniversary President)
(* - 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
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