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History
ASHRAE Saskatoon History 1987-1992
Hello ASHRAE Saskatoon, The ASHRAE Saskatoon History Binder (1966 to 1987) was uploaded a while ago, but here is the 1987 to 1992 addition. Summaries of some more recent years are already uploaded to ASHRAE Saskatoon's website and I am working on filling in the gaps. - Jonathan Bushman, ASHRAE Saskatoon 2015-2016 History Chair |
Mike Osborn Memorial
Mike Osborn Passing It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mike Osborn. Mike has recently passed away on January 2015. Originally from Swift Current, he worked for E.H. Price in Regina and Saskatoon, for Cypress Sales Partnership in Saskatoon and for Johnson Controls in Saskatoon. Mike was a Past President of the Saskatoon ASHRAE Chapter and was involved in ASHRAE for over a decade. Mike maintained ASHRAE membership since 2001, and served Saskatoon Chapter as Secretary (2002-03), Vice-President (2003-04), and president in 2004-2005. Mike was also the Research Promotion Chair in 2005-06, and remained active since. Mike participated in the John Ross Curling bonspiel in Edmonton in 2012, 2013, and 2014, and was part of the winning Saskatoon team in 2012. He will be remembered in the HVAC community as a kind and honest person. The ASHRAE Saskatoon chapter wants to express their sympathies to Mike’s family and friends as they grieve. Mike had many friends within the HVAC community and he will be missed. "In lieu of flowers, please consider the needs of the family via monetary contributions”. Any donations can be dropped off at the Johnson Controls offices in Regina or Saskatoon. Saskatoon Office: Johnson Controls Inc. 3603 Millar Ave Saskatoon, SK S7P 0B2 (306) 242-8886 Regina Office: Johnson Controls Inc. 107 Hodsman Rd Regina, SK S4N 5W5 (306) 721-2402 - ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter |
ASHRAE Saskatoon History Binder
The ASHRAE Saskatoon History Binder (from our start in 1966 to the late 1980s) has been scanned and uploaded as an attachment to this post. The PDF is less than 3 MB. |
ASHRAE Saskatoon History Binder
The ASHRAE Saskatoon History Binder (covering from our start in 1966 to the late 1980s) has been scanned. Unfortunately, the PDF is too large to upload right now, but I should be able to make a much smaller file and upload it shortly. Please stand by. - Jonathan Bushman |
ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter History
Please bear with us. The photos for John Daniels article and the 2010-2011 year summary are missing due to technical difficulties. We hope to correct this problem shortly. - Jonathan, June 30 |
ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter History
A History of the Saskatoon Chapter of ASHRAE 2010-2011 The 2009-2010 year was a significant year for the Saskatoon chapter of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers). Andrew Thomson (our VP / Programs Chair) passed away in October 2010. The ASHRAE President visited our chapter. Our ASHRAE Saskatoon website got up and running again with regular updates. There was a students-only tour of the Cameco Operations Centre. We toured an energy-efficient house, which then won ASHRAE Technology Awards at the chapter and regional levels. Andrew Thomson Andrew Thomson, ASHRAE Saskatoon’s Vice President and Programs Chair, passed away on October 3, 2010. Andrew was cheerful, kind, and selfless. We will miss him. Andrew’s obituary is below. THOMSON, Andrew Dean Sunday, 03 Oct 2010 Red Deer Advocate Red Deer THOMSON In Andrew’s absence, Jeff Frie stepped up to fill the role of ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter VP and Programs Chair and Chris Watt took on extra Treasurer duties. Thank you Jeff and Chris. Presidential Visit: On January 10, 2011, ASHRAE President Lynn Bellenger visited the Saskatoon chapter of ASHRAE and spoke on “Modeling a Sustainable World”.
Left: 2010-2011 ASHRAE President Lynne Bellenger speaking to the Saskatoon chapter of ASHRAE. Right: ASHRAE President Lynne Bellenger met with YEA (Young Engineers in ASHRAE) members in Saskatoon.
Communications / Webpage Thanks to the efforts of Mike Nemeth, the ASHRAE Saskatoon chapter now has a full-fledged website, updated on a roughly monthly basis. Our electronic newsletter (POWUr, for Saskatoon’s Potash, Oil, Wheat and Uranium industries) is now available online, via www.ashraesaskatoon.ca. Programs / Membership Promotion / Student Activities / CTTC For our CTTC (Chapter Technology Transfer Committee) course, we had the “Fundamentals of Heating and Cooling Loads” course in December 2010. Once again, we had two Membership Promotion / Student Nights, one in November and one in February. Mike Nemeth and Chris Conley led U of S students in a tour our Cameco’s new Operations Centre. (This tour was for students only, so the regular chapter members did not get to go.) In March, the Saskatoon chapter toured the VerEco Home. The VerEco Home incorporates many energy saving features and is a showcase of sustainability innovation. (This was literally a showcase of sustainability, as the VerEco Home was set up in the Western Development Museum parking lot, so the public could tour it and get ideas.) The VerEco Home went on to win ASHRAE Technology Awards at the (Saskatoon) chapter and regional levels.
2010-2011 ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter Board of Governors President: Jonathan Bushman Vice-President / Programs Chair: Andrew Thomson / Jeff Frie Treasurer / CTTC Chair: Chris Watt Secretary: Brent Wolfater Research Promotion Chair: Chris Conley Membership Promotion Chair: Ryan MacGillivray Student Activities Chair: Mike Nemeth Refrigeration Chair: Manfred Gerber Historian: Jack Scott Webpage / Newsletter Editor: Mike Nemeth Member-At-Large: Jeff Frie (until he was elected as VP / Programs) |
ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter History
ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter History Life Member - John Daniels (Daniels Engineering) (This history article originally appeared in the February 4, 2008 issue of the ASHRAE Saskatoon chapter’s newsletter POWUr News and was written by Jack Scott, Saskatoon Chapter Historian.)
John was born and raised in Clavet, Saskatchewan and his elementary school years were spent in a one room schoolhouse in Clavet. John got his high school education at Tech in Saskatoon and upon graduation from high school, John went straight into Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan here in Saskatoon, graduating in 1956. He and Donna were married during his third year in university and they have two sons Bob and Dan. John’s first job after university was working for the Patent Office in Ottawa. John realized after a short summer in Ottawa, amongst the beaurocratic multitude, that this job of patenting agricultural equipment he had seen used for the previous ten years on the farm was not for him. Upon his move back to Saskatoon in the fall of 1956 he got into the consulting field with Douglas, Michelenko, Dupuis. When Dupuis left the firm in 1962, John and Glen Pearson became partners creating the firm of Douglas, Michelenko, Pearson, Daniels. In 1970 when Michelenko left the firm the name was again changed to Douglas, Pearson, Daniels, Fossey. In 1972/73 they were approached to partner with Montreal Engineering hence the firm name of Saskmont Engineering. John decided that more hands on design would be more to his liking than the administrative work he was doing and parted ways with Saskmont to become Daniels Engineering in 1980. During his career some of John’s more memorable projects were the Sturdy Stone Centre because of the uniqueness of the building at the time, University Hospital, and the Engineering Building on campus because of the more intricate technical aspects of those jobs. John retired in 1998 and now spends time with his family and grandchildren. He spends time at Turtle Lake in the summer and looks after some pastureland he purchased (almost by accident) in the vicinity of their cabin. John decided a few years back that his hockey career had run its course. He intends to play golf forever, or until he figures it out, whichever comes first. John has contributed much to the comfort of Saskatonians with his knowledge and fair practice of Mechanical Design during his long and varied career, and we wish him well in the many years of his retirement yet to come. |
Welcome to the ASHRAE Saskatoon History Page
When you think of history, what do you think of? Do you think of lists of names, places, and dates? Do you think of stories? Do you think of history as being the background of where we came from and a place to gain insight into where we are going? I hope to provide some answers for each of these views about the history of our Saskatoon chapter of ASHRAE. Here are some of the things I hope to put on the history page. 1. Summary of the History of the ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter 2. List of ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter Presidents (may be modified to include chapter officers later) 3. Spreadsheet of Meetings and Speakers 4. Random Stories Collection 5. Significant Events
So far, I only have the list of presidents and a few ideas for stories (e.g. the head shaving as an ASHRAE Research Promotion fundraising idea a few years back). If you have ideas of what you want to see here for ASHRAE Saskatoon history, then please send me or Jack Scott (our lead historian) an email. Hopefully, I can put lots of good history tidbits on this page and get it organized too. Thanks for reading.
Jonathan Bushman
(2010-2011 ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter President (and part of our History Committee) |
ASHRAE Saskatoon Chapter Presidents
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A History of the Saskatoon Chapter of ASHRAE 2009-2010