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Chapter History
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Boston Chapter ASHRAE
Started February 8, 1912
Originally the Boston Chapter was the Massachusetts Chapter.
The Name
1894-1954 -- American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHRAE) and chartered the Massachusetts Chapter February 8, 1912.
1954-1962 -- American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHAE)
1905-1962 -- American Society of Refrigerating Engineers (ASRE). Formed in 1905 and chartered the Boston chapter December, 4 1929
1962-Present -- American Society of Heating, Refrgerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Past Boston Chapter Presidents
1962-Present -- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
2016 2017 William Tang
2015 2016 Stacie Suh
2014 2015 Daniel Diorio
2013 2014 Teri Shannon
2012 2013 Stephen Nicholas
2011 2012 Patrick Duffy
2010 2011 William Garvey
2009 2010 Bryan M. Hermanny
2008 2009 Jeffrey H. Schultz
2007 2008 Steven Rosen
2006 2007 Darcy Carbone
2005 2006 Enrique de los Reyes
2004 2005 Steven Tafone
2003 2004 Cheryl Rossini
2002 2003 George M. Hardisty
2001 2002 Richard (Bud) Anderson
2000 2001 John Brown
1999 2000 Nicholas A. Johnson
1998 1999 Mark Vandini
1997 1998 Eric Edman
1996 1997 Britta MacIntosh
1995 1996 Ted Athanas
1994 1995 Edward Waldman
1993 1994 John C. Morrill
1992 1993 Allan Ames
1991 1992 Paul Kazantsis
1990 1991 Jim Magarian
1989 1990 Robert J. Persechini
1988 1989 Eugene Bard
1987 1988 Richard E. Scogland
1986 1987 Francis E. Whalen
1985 1986 Louis H. Burbo
1984 1985 David R. Miller
1983 1984 Arthur (Bud) Jensen
1982 1983 Edward P. Fisher
1981 1982 Michael A. Shattuck
1980 1981 Howard W. Murphy
1979 1980 Anthony Dell’Orfano
1978 1979 Leroy F. Manor
1977 1978 Arthur A. Tocci
1976 1977 Allister W. Shepherd
1975 1976 David W. Priestly
1974 1975 Barry S. Crafts
1973 1974 Robert C. Thomas
1972 1973 Arnold V. Taddeo
1971 1972 Lester L. Lampert
1970 1971 Armen Gechijian
1969 1970 Robert E. Spence
1968 1969 Geoffrey L. Hanscom
1967 1968 Thomas C. Roche
1966 1967 William T. Chaisson
1965 1966 Amos W. Kent
1964 1965 George T. Roberts
1963 1964 William R. Geissenhainer
1962 1963 Chester W. Morrill
1954-1962 -- American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHAE)
1961 1962 Ray B. Stevens
1960 1961 Robert E. Reid
1959 1960 Francis J. Butler
1958 1959 Roger F. Curry
1957 1958 Earnest L. Blair
1956 1957 William G. Maretin, Jr.
1955 1956 George E. Fickett
1954 1955 George W. Sprague
1911-1954 -- American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineer (ASHRAE)
1953 1954 Arthur L. Hare
1952 1953 George B. Torrens
1951 1952 John Bonner
1950 1951 Raymond Borden
1949 1950 Donald W. Blair
1948 1949 Wiliam H. Shipp
1947 1948 T. T. Kerr
1946 1947 Adolph Ehrenzeller
1945 1946 Carl Larson
1944 1945 D. M. Archer
1943 1944 D. M. Archer
1942 1943 E. G. Carrier
1941 1942 E. G. Carrier
1940 1941 J. W. Brinton
1939 1940 C. P. Yaglou
1938 1939 H. C. Moore
1937 1938 James Holt
1936 1937 James Holt
1935 1936 James Holt
1934 1935 L. McPherson
1933 1934 R. S. Franklin
1932 1933 Leslie Clough
1931 1932 F. R. Ellis
1930 1931 David Moulton
1929 1930 T. F. McCoy
1928 1929 T. F. McCoy
1927 1928 E. C. Whitaker
1926 1927 D. S. Boyden
1925 1926 D. S. Boyden
1924 1925 E. A. Dussosoit
1923 1924 W. T. Jones
1922 1923 W. T. Jones
1921 1922 J. F. Tuttle
1920 1921 Dan Adams
1919 1920 A. E. Norton
1918 1919 Alfred S. Kellogg
1917 1918 Fred S. Boltz
1916 1917 Fred S. Boltz
1915 1916 E. R. Stone
1914 1915 Andrew G. Paul
1913 1914 J. W. H. Myrick
1912 1913 Frank I. Cooper
1912 William G. Snow
1912 Temporary President H. W. Whitten
1929-1962 -- American Society of Refrigerating Engineers (ASRE)
1961 1962 A. L. Hesselschwerdt, Jr
1960 1961 F. C. William
1959 1960 William S. Warner
1958 1959 H. L. Snyder
1957 1958 H. Gechijian
1956 1957 Wilder Parks
1955 1956 F. W. Smith
1954 1955 S. R. Peterson
1953 1954 W. S. Levings
1952 1953 L. B. Mann
1951 1952 W. Steeves
1950 1951 R. E. Sherbrooke
1949 1950 D. C. Bratton
1948 1949 Perley Barker
1947 1948 Daniel Ricker
1946 1947 Charles C. E. Harris
1945 1946 A. L. Hesselschwerdt, Jr.
1944 1945 Austin Ford
1943 1944 Raymond E. Borden
1942 1943 Jacob B. Starkweather
1941 1942 Jacob L. Turner
1940 1941 O. C. Eckel
1939 1940 Felix A. Shippey
1938 1939 C. L. Svenson
1937 1938 C. L. Svenson
1936 1937 P. M. Kingsley
1935 1936 Rudolph Somers
1934 1935 P. M. Kingsley
1933 1934 Everett R. Ryan
1932 1933 Alfred J. Ferretti
1931 1932 R. S. Ziehm
1930 1931 Clarence Birdseye
1929 1930 G. E. Wallis
Early History
Quote directly (including punctuation, capitalization, and spelling) from the 1912 ASHRAE Transactions, Proceedings of the Semi-Annual Meeting, "Report of Massachusetts Chapter", p. 326:
"The first meeting of the Massachusetts Chapter was held at the office of the Society at the Engineering Societies' Building, New York City. H. W. Whitten was elected temporary President, and D.S. Boyden, temporary Secretary. A committee on constitution and by-laws, of which Wm. G. Snow was chairman, and on nomination of officers, of which A.B. Franklin was chairman, were appointed.
"The second meeting was held February 8, at office of Cooper & Bailey, 89 Franklin streeet, Boston. The following officers were elected:
"President, Wm. G. Snow.
"Vice-Presiden, Frank Irving Cooper.
"Secretary, Herbert W. Whitten.
"Treasurer, Wm. T. Smalmlan.
"Managers, A. B. Franklin, Jos. A. Moore, D. S. Boyden.
"Mr. Snow reported a constitution and by-laws which were adopted, subject to the action of the Board of Governors of the parent body."
Other items to note
The first elected president William G. Snow had been national president of the society in 1909.
Boston has hosted Society events the first was in 1925 and took place jointly in New York and Boston and they commuted by train:
1925 ASHRAE Annual January 27-30
1932 ASHRAE Semi-Annual June 9-11
1945 ASHRAE 51st Annual November 25-28
1956 ASHRAE Semi-Annual June 9-11
1975 ASHRAE Annual June 22-26
1997 ASHRAE Annual June 28-July 2
Over the years the following chapters have been formed from our Chapter.
Western Massachusetts in 1955
Rhode Island in 1959
Maine in 1972