As I scrolled through these pages I found an entire article on a lady named Doris Flandorffer. It was an article describing how she retired after 34 years of service to the Society. I thought it was interesting that we had kept this article, after all this lady was the “Secretary to Mr. Boggs”. Mr. Boggs was the Executive Vice President of the Society which we know to be based out of Atlanta. Well it was not until 1980 that the decision was made to Move the Society to Atlanta. Doris started her Ashrae career right her in New York and even served on committees here in the Long Island Chapter. She started locally and continued to grow with Ashrae for over 30 years. In that time she changed titles several times from Assistant to Mr. Boggs to Assistant to the Board of Governors. She never missed an ASHRAE meeting except one in 1964, which means she attended over 120 Board of Directors meetings. She was considered an expert in Ashrae regulatory documents, the Rules of the Board of Directors and the Society Bylaws.

      Although I could not find too much information about Doris out on the Web, when I did a search I did see her name span decades worth of Ashrae paperwork. She clearly was involved in many aspects of the keeping our society in compliance with the rules it created over the years.

     When Doris retired she was quoted as telling all the young people who want to get involved with Ashrae “learn as much as you can about the organization, what it does, why it exists in the world, and what value it serves, try to do your job as best you can.” These words can be used in our professional life as well as our personal and the volunteer work we do. We are all here as members as Ashrae for various reasons, but most importantly we are here to help the society grow and to continue striving for a better tomorrow.

Carolyn Arote
Chapter Historian