ASHRAE®
Long Island
| American
Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air
Conditioning Engineers |
| ASHRAE Long
Island Chapter 006 |
H i s t o r y
I was preparing the article
I promised on the history of
air conditioning for this
month when I received the
news that Lynn Bellenger had
passed away. Lynn was the
Society’s President,
2010-2011. She spoke at our
chapter meeting in February
this year about “Modeling a
Sustainable World”, her
passion. She was a
Professional Engineer,
ASHRAE Fellow and
Distinguished Lecturer. I
had the pleasure of meeting
her at the 2010 CRC. I was
looking for a familiar face,
I saw Steve Friedman and sat
down for a cup of coffee at
a table on a terrace at the
convention center. I had a
nice conversation with this
wonderful woman at the table
and after a while looked at
her name tag to see who I
was chatting with. I was
sur-prised to see that this
was our president. We had
spoken or emailed several
times since and it was
always a pleasure chatting
with her. Please read the
below written by her partner
of 25+ years. - Rich
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of
Lynn G. Bellenger, a partner
of Pathfinder Engineers &
Architects LLP. Mrs.
Bellenger is remembered not
only as a leader in the
field of energy engineering,
but as a compassionate,
caring and committed friend.
Mrs. Bellenger died on October 19, 2011.
Mrs. Bellenger was a founding partner of Pathfinder,
which was established in
1998. Mrs. Bellenger and her
three business partners
founded the firm to share
with clients their passion
for design and analysis.
During her tenure with
Pathfinder, Mrs. Bellenger
provided energy engineering
and energy modeling services
to clients in New York, and
across the country. She was
a leader in developing
energy modeling software,
techniques and standards
that are common to industry
practice today.
She was active in several organizations, most
significantly the American
Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air
Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE). Throughout her
career, Mrs. Bellenger
served ASHRAE at the local,
regional, national and
international levels. From
June 2010-June 2011, she
served as the first female
president of ASHRAE’s board
of directors, on behalf of
the 55,000 members
worldwide. This was the
fulfillment of a long-held
goal for Mrs. Bellenger, who
with her husband Neil,
traveled to dozens of states
in the US and to nearly 20
countries including India,
Egypt, Japan, and Brazil.
Mrs. Bellenger's professional career began after
graduating from Principia
College with a Bachelor’s
Degree in mathematics and
from Rutgers University with
a Master’s Degree in
environmental science. She
began working at Xerox
Corporation with a focus on
energy conservation. While
at Xerox she began her
studies to become a
Professional Engineer and
was licensed in several
states – a challenging
course since her education
was not in engineering. In
1977, she and Donald
McGeddy, who began the
energy program at Xerox,
left the company to form a
consultancy providing energy
studies and analysis to
firms nationwide. They
worked together until 1991,
when Mrs. Bellenger joined
the former Sear-Brown Group.
She is survived by her husband, Neil, two sisters and
brothers-in-law, nieces,
nephews, grandnieces and
grandnephews. Together, they
shared a commitment to
faith, a love of family,
kayaking, geo-caching and
family travel. A Memorial
Fund has been established in
Mrs. Bellenger’s name. The
Memorial Fund will be used
to recognize women in
engineering through
scholarships or other means.
Donations can be made
through the Ashrae website
as follows:
https://xp20.ashrae.org/secure/LynnBellengerMemorial/index.php
Reprinted with the
permission of Lynn’s long
time business partner David
J. Meyer, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Pathfinder Engineers &
Architects, LLP Partner
Richard
Rosner, P.E.
History Chairman
John Nally
Asst. Chairman |
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