2022 RETA Breeze March-April

Over 200 ice and refrigerating machines were constructed under the Boyle name. Approximately 75 in David’s lifetime.

Next was the business meeting only 45 minutes back in those days. Much as today spouse activities ran concurrent to the conference. So following the opening ceremonies, the spouse activities began. Only 3 technical sessions were presented at the spring conference. The first whitepaper was presented by Thomas Hall and Ronald Lukcic from Nalco Chemical. The presentation was on the importance of condenser water treatment. The second session was presented by Joseph Szymanski of Evapco. The topic was Designing and Operating Condensing systems to save energy and money. The third technical session was a panel discussion where attendees could pose refrigeration questions at the panel experts. The conference closed with an open bar, dinner, and evening dance. Attendees had an enjoyable weekend, thanks in no small part to the organizing committee. Led by conference chairman Mark Duffy and Mark’s wife Peggy, who chaired the spouse activities. The 1982 spring conference was considered a success. But the spring conference would eventually be dropped from the calendar. Many members were engaged in preparing their refrigeration systems for the taxing summer season and could not attend the spring conference regularly. The author, Vern M. Sanderson, is Senior Manager of PSM (and amateur recruiter) at SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc., where he eats a lot of Red Baron® pizza. The article is Vern’s personal work and does not reflect the view of SFC Global Supply Chain or any affiliated companies or brands. If you have corrections to the article or memories of the conference, please email them to Vern at Vern. Sanderson@Schwans.com. We hope you enjoyed this look at back!

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