MILWAUKEE, WI — After a yearlong delay as a result of COVID pandemic, the ninth recipient of the distinguished Carlson-Holohan Business Award of Excellence can be revealed on the AHR Expo in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Heart. Caleffi North America is proud to host the formal award presentation and cocktail reception at Sales space B3317 on Monday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. EST.
Within the spirit of Gil Carlson and the imaginative and prescient of Dan Holohan and Robert Bean, the award was conceived in 2006. The award is introduced each two years to a nominee with attributes together with technical mastery and a ardour for hydronic applied sciences, demonstrated management as an educator and mentor, and a flair for cultivating fundraising alternatives for trade causes. The candidate have to be over the age of 40 and a citizen of the US or Canada. Merely being thought of for the award locations the nominees in rarified air. Prior recipients embody trade icons David Yates, Mark Eatherton, Kenneth Webster, John Barba, John Siegenthaler, John Goshulak, Ingrid Mattsson and most lately Bob “Sizzling Rod” Rohr.
Within the custom of the award, Rohr, the 2020-22 recipient, will current a reproduction of a Bell & Gossett System Syzer wheel invented by Carlson to the following honoree. The distinctive round slide rule calculates the connection between circulation price, temperature change and warmth switch price.
“Of the numerous pioneers and gurus within the hydronic trade, two stand out,” mentioned Rohr, coaching and training supervisor at Caleffi. “The work and teachings of Gil Carlson set the stage for the evolution of hydronic piping. Dan Holohan grew to become a pupil of his and introduced these ideas to the trade along with his intelligent and witty educating model. Quite a few books Dan authored put the sometimes-confusing idea of major secondary piping in comprehensible image kind. It has been an honor to be the keeper of this trade award, paying it ahead to the following era of hydronic designers, suppliers, installers and troubleshooters. Lengthy could you ‘pump-away.’ ”
Please contact Sharon Alexander at 414/238-2360 with questions.